Ease Back Out Chords by Johnnie Taylor

_ _ _ [Fm] You know sometimes the truth _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] can really, really, really hurt.
_ [Ab] _ [Fm] I'm speaking from experience.
_ [Bbm] _ [Bb] I ain't talking no dirt.
_ [Ab] I heard [Fm] my lady talking to [Bbm] someone [Db] on the phone.
_ [Ab] I could tell by [Fm] their conversation she's been [Bbm] doing me wrong.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ I've been [Fm] through this _ _ [Bbm] so many times [Eb] before.
But this [Db] time I'm not gonna let my [Ab] feelings show.
[Eb] So I'm gonna _ [Ab] sit [Fm] back down and [Bbm] close the door.
[Db] _
_ [Ab] I pretend I [Fm] didn't hear it [Bbm] or see a thing. _ _
But right [Ab] now I'm not ready.
[Fm] I just can't face reality.
No, [Bbm] no.
_ _ [Db] _
I'm just not ready to [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] face the pain.
_ [Fm]
No, I'm [Db] just not ready [Bbm] _
to [Ab] face the pain.
Oh, yes.
[Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] Anybody [Fm] ever been in love?
_ [Bbm] Oh, sure can [Eb] understand now.
[Ab] It's not [Fm] that I'm such a weak man.
[Bbm] No, no, no, no, [Db] no, no, no.
_ [Ab] I can't stop [Fm] her _ if she [Bbm] wanna go. _ _ _
[Db] I'm gonna pretend _ like I [Bb] just don't know.
In the [Eb] meantime, I'm gonna _ [Ab] sit [Fm] back down and [Bbm] close the door. _
_ _ [Ab] I pretend [Fm] I didn't hear or see [Bbm] a thing.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
[Ab] But right now [Fm] I'm not ready.
I just [Bbm] can't face reality.
_ [Db] _
I'm just not ready _ _ [Bbm] _
to [Ab] face the pain.
I wonder, [Fm] do you hear me?
Oh, [Db] I'm not ready _ [Bbm] _
to [Ab] face the pain.
[Eb] Somebody help me face it here.
[Ab] Ooh, ooh, ooh, [Fm] ooh, ooh, ooh, _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ ooh, [Db]
ooh, ooh, [Ab] ooh, ooh, _ [Fm] ooh, ooh, ooh, _ _ [Bbm] _ ooh, [Eb] ooh.
I'm just not [Db] ready to [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] face the pain, no.
[Bb] _
It's really [Ab] hard to love [Fm] somebody when [Bbm] you're no longer in their [Db]
heart.
I've [Ab] got to [Fm] keep her a little longer.
I've got [Bbm] to pretend and [Eb] play the part, yeah.
_ [Ab] But letting [Fm] her go ain't gonna be easy, [Bbm] no, no, no.
_ [Db] _
I just pretend like she's still, she's [Ab] still pleasing.
You [Eb] know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna [Ab] sit back _ [Fm]
down and [Bbm] close the door. _ _
_ [Ab] And pretend I [Fm] didn't hear [Bbm] or see a thing, [Db] no, no, no.
_ [Ab] I'm just not ready, [Fm] oh, I'm not ready, no.
[Bbm] I'm not ready.
_ [Eb] _
[Db] I'm not ready.
I don't [Bbm] wanna face the [Ab] pain.
[Fm] No, no, [Db] no.
I'm [Bbm] just not ready [Ab] to face the pain.
[Bb] So you know what I'm gonna do?
I'm [Ab] gonna ease down [Fm]
and close [Bbm] the door.
_ [Db] _
And [Ab] pretend I didn't hear [Fm] or see a thing, [Bbm] no, no, no.
[Db] _
I'm not [C] ready [Ab] to face [Fm]
reality.
[Bbm] I'm just not ready.
_ [Db]
I'm just not ready.
I don't [Bbm] wanna face the [Ab] pain.
[Fm] Whoa, whoa.
[Db] _ I'm [Bbm] just not ready [Ab] to face the pain.
Oh, _ _ _ easy.
[Fm] Oh, _ [Bbm] close the door.
[Db] _
_ [Ab] I'm a witch and I didn't hear or [Fm] see a thing, no, [Bbm] no, no.
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _