The Man Who Would Speak True Chords by Blitzen Trapper
Tempo:
79.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Em]
I [G] had a lover, her name was Grace, she found me down in a lonely place
She dug me out with an old jawbone, she dressed me up for to take me home
She fed me words that I could not taste, for I had no tongue, it had been replaced
By a green and a growing flower which grew, [A] and I knew [G] if I ever spoke I would speak truth
[A] [G]
We lived together in an old [A] hotel, [D] broke down palace with a wishing [Em] well
The neighbor [G] girl taught me how to [A] spell, and how to [G] steal what I could not sell
But I fed my tongue on the devil's rum, in a roadhouse run by a godless bum
On a drunken night with a stolen [A] gun, I shot my [D] lover as she made to run
[Bm] The judge said, [E] son, what have you [Bm] done?
But I didn't speak a word, [C#m] no I [G] didn't speak one
And the judge [D] sent me [A] away, [G] and they buried [D] my Grace, [G] yeah, the very next day
[A] [G]
They sent me out on a midnight train, in the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
Four men sitting with an old shotgun, silver stars pinned on every one
They busted my mouth for to get at my [A] tongue, to see just how [D] this had all begun
[Bm] So I opened my mouth [C#m] like a [Bm] dragon's breath, I only spoke truth [C#m] but it only [G] brought death
And I laid [A] those boys to rest, [G] for [D] the truth [A] in truth is [Em] a terrible jest
[G] [F#m] [Bm]
For there ain't no [C#m] road but the road to [Bm] home, there ain't no [E] crops but the [G] ones you've sown
And if you [D] learn one [A] thing from me, [G] you better [D] guard your tongue [G] like your enemy
I [A] [D]
[G] came to ground in a one-horse town on the western rim, where the sun go down
Where a branded man might start again, for to right his wrong, for to loose his sin
But my tongue kept growing, it would not [A] cease, I grew quite [D] weary, couldn't get no release
[Bm] So I went to the [E] magistrate and turned myself [Bm] in, I picked up a shovel [E] and he [G] made the grin
And they planted [A] me by the sea, [G] now the birds [A] of the air [G] make nests on me
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[Em]
I [G] had a lover, her name was Grace, she found me down in a lonely place
She dug me out with an old jawbone, she dressed me up for to take me home
She fed me words that I could not taste, for I had no tongue, it had been replaced
By a green and a growing flower which grew, [A] and I knew [G] if I ever spoke I would speak truth
[A] [G]
We lived together in an old [A] hotel, [D] broke down palace with a wishing [Em] well
The neighbor [G] girl taught me how to [A] spell, and how to [G] steal what I could not sell
But I fed my tongue on the devil's rum, in a roadhouse run by a godless bum
On a drunken night with a stolen [A] gun, I shot my [D] lover as she made to run
[Bm] The judge said, [E] son, what have you [Bm] done?
But I didn't speak a word, [C#m] no I [G] didn't speak one
And the judge [D] sent me [A] away, [G] and they buried [D] my Grace, [G] yeah, the very next day
[A] [G]
They sent me out on a midnight train, in the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
Four men sitting with an old shotgun, silver stars pinned on every one
They busted my mouth for to get at my [A] tongue, to see just how [D] this had all begun
[Bm] So I opened my mouth [C#m] like a [Bm] dragon's breath, I only spoke truth [C#m] but it only [G] brought death
And I laid [A] those boys to rest, [G] for [D] the truth [A] in truth is [Em] a terrible jest
[G] [F#m] [Bm]
For there ain't no [C#m] road but the road to [Bm] home, there ain't no [E] crops but the [G] ones you've sown
And if you [D] learn one [A] thing from me, [G] you better [D] guard your tongue [G] like your enemy
I [A] [D]
[G] came to ground in a one-horse town on the western rim, where the sun go down
Where a branded man might start again, for to right his wrong, for to loose his sin
But my tongue kept growing, it would not [A] cease, I grew quite [D] weary, couldn't get no release
[Bm] So I went to the [E] magistrate and turned myself [Bm] in, I picked up a shovel [E] and he [G] made the grin
And they planted [A] me by the sea, [G] now the birds [A] of the air [G] make nests on me
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[Em]
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ I [G] had a lover, her name was Grace, she found me down in a lonely place
She dug me out with an old jawbone, she dressed me up for to take me home
She fed me words that I could not taste, for I had no tongue, it had been replaced
By a green and a growing flower which grew, [A] and I knew [G] if I ever spoke I would speak truth
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ We lived together in an old [A] hotel, [D] broke down palace with a wishing [Em] well
The neighbor [G] girl taught me how to [A] spell, and how to [G] steal what I could not sell
But I fed my tongue on the devil's rum, in a roadhouse run by a godless bum
On a drunken night with a stolen [A] gun, I shot my [D] lover as she made to run
[Bm] The judge said, [E] son, what have you [Bm] done?
But I didn't speak a word, [C#m] no I [G] didn't speak one
And the judge [D] sent me [A] away, _ [G] and they buried [D] my Grace, [G] yeah, the very next day
_ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ They sent me out on a midnight train, in the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
Four men sitting with an old shotgun, silver stars pinned on every one
They busted my mouth for to get at my [A] tongue, to see just how [D] this had all begun
[Bm] So I opened my mouth [C#m] like a [Bm] dragon's breath, I only spoke truth [C#m] but it only [G] brought death
And I laid [A] those boys to rest, _ [G] for [D] the truth [A] in truth is [Em] a terrible jest
[G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
For there ain't no [C#m] road but the road to [Bm] home, there ain't no [E] crops but the [G] ones you've sown
And if you [D] learn one [A] thing from me, _ [G] you better [D] guard your tongue [G] like your enemy
I _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ came to ground in a one-horse town on the western rim, where the sun go down
Where a branded man might start again, for to right his wrong, for to loose his sin
But my tongue kept growing, it would not [A] cease, I grew quite [D] weary, couldn't get no release
[Bm] So I went to the [E] magistrate and turned myself [Bm] in, I picked up a shovel [E] and he [G] made the grin
And they planted [A] me by the sea, _ _ [G] now the birds [A] of the air [G] make nests on me
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [G] had a lover, her name was Grace, she found me down in a lonely place
She dug me out with an old jawbone, she dressed me up for to take me home
She fed me words that I could not taste, for I had no tongue, it had been replaced
By a green and a growing flower which grew, [A] and I knew [G] if I ever spoke I would speak truth
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ We lived together in an old [A] hotel, [D] broke down palace with a wishing [Em] well
The neighbor [G] girl taught me how to [A] spell, and how to [G] steal what I could not sell
But I fed my tongue on the devil's rum, in a roadhouse run by a godless bum
On a drunken night with a stolen [A] gun, I shot my [D] lover as she made to run
[Bm] The judge said, [E] son, what have you [Bm] done?
But I didn't speak a word, [C#m] no I [G] didn't speak one
And the judge [D] sent me [A] away, _ [G] and they buried [D] my Grace, [G] yeah, the very next day
_ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ They sent me out on a midnight train, in the rain, rolling down through the dusty plain
Four men sitting with an old shotgun, silver stars pinned on every one
They busted my mouth for to get at my [A] tongue, to see just how [D] this had all begun
[Bm] So I opened my mouth [C#m] like a [Bm] dragon's breath, I only spoke truth [C#m] but it only [G] brought death
And I laid [A] those boys to rest, _ [G] for [D] the truth [A] in truth is [Em] a terrible jest
[G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
For there ain't no [C#m] road but the road to [Bm] home, there ain't no [E] crops but the [G] ones you've sown
And if you [D] learn one [A] thing from me, _ [G] you better [D] guard your tongue [G] like your enemy
I _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ came to ground in a one-horse town on the western rim, where the sun go down
Where a branded man might start again, for to right his wrong, for to loose his sin
But my tongue kept growing, it would not [A] cease, I grew quite [D] weary, couldn't get no release
[Bm] So I went to the [E] magistrate and turned myself [Bm] in, I picked up a shovel [E] and he [G] made the grin
And they planted [A] me by the sea, _ _ [G] now the birds [A] of the air [G] make nests on me
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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