Em     079900
Esus   079980
D      057700
A      577600
G      355400
C      035500
F      2443xx

[Intro]
E A G F 4x

[Verse 1]
Em
Too much patience, no resistance,
       A
Within shouting distance,
        G      A           Em
You can hear a blind man's bluff,
         Esus                              G
Dragging names through the mud and still biting his tongue,
    A
The devil's in the air and I'm spitting out prayers,
          G                      A
While the ravenous all eat their fill,

[Chorus]
C                  D
Tell me, tell me a story,
               A                     G   A
Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone,
C                         D
So turning, turning a deaf ear,
               A                   G    A
So that I don't hear them throwing stone,

[Instrumental]
E A G F (x4)

[Verse 2]
Em
Too much hog wart, not enough hearsay,
       A
Always made the front page,
          G     A          Em
You could use a fine tooth comb,
         Esus
to get a word from the wise,
           G
Would be a welcome surprise,
        A                                                   G                    A
Keep an ear to the ground so to drown out the sound of the failures that make me whole,

[Chorus]
C                  D
Tell me, tell me a story,
               A                     G   A
Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone,
C                         D
So turning, turning a deaf ear,
               A                   G    A
So that I don't hear them throwing stone,

[Verse 3]
Em     D           C
These walls don't talk,
D                  Em
Even when somebody knocks,
Em     D           C
These walls don't stand,
D                   Em
For anyone else but themselves,
Em     D           C
These walls don't fall,
D                    G     A   C   D
Even when gravity's failing us all,

[Chorus]
C                  D
Tell me, tell me a story,
               A                     G   A
Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone,
C                         D
So turning, turning a deaf ear,
               A                   G    A
So that I don't hear them throwing stone,