Truth I Tell Myself

G                                   D
You don't have to tell me that I'm stubborn
           Em           Bm                      C         G                     D
'cause I'm not and I know 'cause it runs in my family and skips every other generation
     G                     D      Em       D            C
You don't have to save my soul or make me feel like I'm in control.
          Em                     C                          D
It's not worth the double scotch whiskey that you'd have to buy me.

    Em          D     G            G         D      C
You look like you're surprised. Like when will I get wise
    Em          D/F#      G         D           C        D
But I'll just drive the same dead ends I've tried and I think I know why

        G       D                    Bm         Em D  C            Bm A G Em
There's no connection between what I want and what is good for me.
     D              Em            C
The truth I tell myself not to believe

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  G                           D
Yeah I know I could have been somethin'
        Em           Bm                    C
but I'm not and I know that it's somebody else's fault
              G                          D
Just like every other thing that's ever happened to me
        G                       D          Em       D        C
Yeah I could have been like the king like someone who could really sing
Em                              C                               D
Folks would line up round the corner just so they could come n' hear me

   Em      D    G          G     D          C
Oh There I go again. Them devils love their sin
 Em             D/F#     G    D     C            D
Well they can't end what I do not begin. So I'm safe where I'm in.

        G       D                    Bm         Em D  C            Bm A G Em
There's no connection between what I want and what is good for me.
     D              Em            C
The truth I tell myself not to believe
        G       D                    Bm      Em    D    C             Bm A G Em
There's no direction between where I am and where I'm supposed to be
     D              Em            C
The truth I tell myself not to believe

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               G D Em D C Em C D

G                              D
Don't think that I'm expecting you to stay
            Em          Bm                        C
'Cause you won't and I know 'cause I've seen it a million times
        G                         D
It's this charming self-destructive disposition of mine
          G                       D
Yeah and all those happy endings are for fools
    Em        D          C
Who feel like they will never loose
Em                         C                          D
Folks, who think there's a God out there that's gonna save them

     Em        D       G           G           D     C
I'll get this round my friend. And then we can start again
     Em      D/F#      G      D      C            D
Just like we did when we were who we are. Have we come that far?


Chorus
        G       D                    Bm         Em D  C            Bm A G Em
There's no connection between what I want and what is good for me.
     D              Em            C
The truth I tell myself not to believe
        G       D                    Bm      Em    D   C             Bm A G Em
There's no direction between where I am and where I'm supposed to be
     D              Em            C
The truth I tell myself not to believe