A  E  A  D  A  D  A  D  A  E  A

     A                 D
On a steamer bound for Baltimore
        A                        E
I said, that's no fun, I've been there before
     A              D
So I jumped ship in Singapore
       E             A
With a cook from Mexico
A             D
Got a bowl of shark-fin soup
        A               E
Ducked into a bar for a couple a scoops
A                             D
Played some Texas-stud with a circus troop
         A          E      A
And they cleaned me out of dough
E
Cleaned me out of dough

A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                    E
No harm, no foul, no crime
A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                   A
It'll get 'em every time

   A                  D
At dawn they all went back to bed
  A            E
I went to Borneo instead
      A                      D
Had a hair-of-the dog for my shrunken head
         E         A
With the Sultan of Brunei
      A              D
Had a small bit of a seizure
       A           E
On the way to Micronesia
      A             D
Got a bad case of amnesia
       A      E       A
And forgot to say goodbye
E
Forgot to say goodbye

A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                    E
No harm, no foul, no crime
A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                   A
It'll get 'em every time

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Stopped in Tajikistan on the way to Iran
Took a break in Jamaica to work on my tan
Swam from Cayo Fragoso to Carriacou
I climbed Machu Pichu in darkest Peru
Had a pint with the pope and played pool with the queen
She's good with a stick, if you know what I mean
I once had a job riding bulls in Montana
I taught Jimi Hendrix the Star-Spangled Banner
I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how
I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
                         E
I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how

A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                    E
No harm, no foul, no crime
A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                   A
It'll get 'em every time

          A             D
Bought an ice cold Coca-Cola
       A              E
From a Congolese high-rollah
      A             D
Got deported from Angola
     E             A
To a castle on the Rhine
    A           D
Ask anyone that knew me
     A              E
The Emir of Bahrain sued me
      A                   D
I was in some Blockbuster movie
      A      E      A
And I didn't make a dime

A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                    E
No harm, no foul, no crime
A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                   A
It'll get 'em every time

A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                    E
No harm, no foul, no crime
A             E                D   A  E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D                   A
It'll get 'em every time