Tell It Like It Is (feat. Bobby Caldwell) Chords
Tempo:
109.5 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Bb
F
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [C] [Am]
[Gm] If you want [D]
something [Bb] to play with, go [Db] and find [Bb]
yourself [Am] a toy.
[Gm]
[Am] [Fm] Baby, [Am] my [Ab] time [Dm] is too [Bb] expensive, [D]
[Gm] and [Bb] I'm not [F] a little boy.
[Bb] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb]
[Am] If you [Dm] are serious,
[C] go play with my [A] heart.
[Dm] It makes me furious.
[C] [Dm]
[Am] But if you want me to love you, [F] then baby I [Bb] will.
[G]
Honey, [Bb] I will.
[C] You know [Bb] that I [Dm] will.
Tell [Am] it [Dm] like it is.
[D]
Don't [Gm] be ashamed.
[Abm] Let your [Gm] conscience [Am] be your guide.
[F] [Bb]
[Am] But [Ab] I [Am] [Ab] know deep [Dm] down inside [Bb] of me, [Ebm]
I [Gm] believe that you love me.
[F] Forget [Bb]
you're [F] foolish by [Gm] me.
[F] [G] [Ab]
[Am] Life is too short to [Dm] have sorrow.
You [Gm] [Am] may [A] be here today [Dm] and gone [G] tomorrow.
[Dm] [D]
[Am] You [A] might as well [Bb] get what you want.
[G] So go [F] on and live.
[C] Baby, go [F] on and live.
[Am] Tell it [Dm] like it [D] is.
[Gm]
[F] [Bb]
[Gm] [C] [Bb]
[B] [C] [Am] [Ab]
[Gm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb] [F]
[Ab]
[Dm] [Db] [Gm]
[F]
[Dm] [Db]
[C] [F]
[Am] Tell it [Gm] like it is.
Tell it like it is.
[Bb] I'm nothing to play with.
[F] Go and [Bb] find yourself [C] a toy.
[Bb]
[F] [C] Honey, my [Ebm] time [Dm] is too expensive.
[C]
[Dm] [Fm] [Dm] So [Db] won't you [Bb] tell [F] it like it is.
Tell it to [Dm] my heart.
[Db] [Bb] Won't you hold [F] back, baby?
Now it's [Dm] time to stop.
[Db] [Bb]
[F] You've got to shoot it from the hip, girl.
[Dm] You've got to turn it to me straight.
[Db] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [Db] [Bb]
[F] Tell it, [Dm] honey.
[Db] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [Db] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [Db]
[Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [C] [Am]
[Gm] If you want [D]
something [Bb] to play with, go [Db] and find [Bb]
yourself [Am] a toy.
[Gm]
[Am] [Fm] Baby, [Am] my [Ab] time [Dm] is too [Bb] expensive, [D]
[Gm] and [Bb] I'm not [F] a little boy.
[Bb] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb]
[Am] If you [Dm] are serious,
[C] go play with my [A] heart.
[Dm] It makes me furious.
[C] [Dm]
[Am] But if you want me to love you, [F] then baby I [Bb] will.
[G]
Honey, [Bb] I will.
[C] You know [Bb] that I [Dm] will.
Tell [Am] it [Dm] like it is.
[D]
Don't [Gm] be ashamed.
[Abm] Let your [Gm] conscience [Am] be your guide.
[F] [Bb]
[Am] But [Ab] I [Am] [Ab] know deep [Dm] down inside [Bb] of me, [Ebm]
I [Gm] believe that you love me.
[F] Forget [Bb]
you're [F] foolish by [Gm] me.
[F] [G] [Ab]
[Am] Life is too short to [Dm] have sorrow.
You [Gm] [Am] may [A] be here today [Dm] and gone [G] tomorrow.
[Dm] [D]
[Am] You [A] might as well [Bb] get what you want.
[G] So go [F] on and live.
[C] Baby, go [F] on and live.
[Am] Tell it [Dm] like it [D] is.
[Gm]
[F] [Bb]
[Gm] [C] [Bb]
[B] [C] [Am] [Ab]
[Gm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Eb] [F]
[Ab]
[Dm] [Db] [Gm]
[F]
[Dm] [Db]
[C] [F]
[Am] Tell it [Gm] like it is.
Tell it like it is.
[Bb] I'm nothing to play with.
[F] Go and [Bb] find yourself [C] a toy.
[Bb]
[F] [C] Honey, my [Ebm] time [Dm] is too expensive.
[C]
[Dm] [Fm] [Dm] So [Db] won't you [Bb] tell [F] it like it is.
Tell it to [Dm] my heart.
[Db] [Bb] Won't you hold [F] back, baby?
Now it's [Dm] time to stop.
[Db] [Bb]
[F] You've got to shoot it from the hip, girl.
[Dm] You've got to turn it to me straight.
[Db] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [Db] [Bb]
[F] Tell it, [Dm] honey.
[Db] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [Db] [Bb]
[F]
[Dm] [Db]
Key:
Dm
Bb
F
Am
Gm
Dm
Bb
F
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Gm] If you want [D] _ _
something [Bb] to play with, go [Db] and find [Bb]
yourself [Am] a toy.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Fm] Baby, [Am] my [Ab] time [Dm] is too [Bb] expensive, _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ and [Bb] I'm not _ [F] a little boy.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ If you _ [Dm] are _ _ serious, _ _
_ [C] _ _ go play with my [A] heart.
[Dm] It makes me furious.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ But if you want me to love you, [F] then baby I [Bb] will.
_ [G]
Honey, [Bb] I _ will.
_ [C] You know [Bb] that I [Dm] will.
_ Tell [Am] it [Dm] like it is.
_ _ [D]
Don't [Gm] be ashamed.
_ [Abm] Let your [Gm] conscience [Am] be your guide.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Am] But [Ab] I [Am] _ [Ab] know deep [Dm] down inside [Bb] of me, _ [Ebm]
I [Gm] believe that you love me.
[F] Forget [Bb]
you're [F] foolish by [Gm] me. _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Am] _ _ Life is too short to [Dm] have sorrow.
_ _ You [Gm] _ [Am] _ _ may [A] be here today [Dm] and gone [G] tomorrow.
[Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ You [A] might as well [Bb] get what you _ want.
[G] So go [F] on and _ live.
[C] Baby, go [F] on and live.
[Am] Tell it [Dm] like it _ [D] is.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Tell it [Gm] like it _ is. _
Tell it like it is.
[Bb] I'm nothing to play with.
[F] Go and [Bb] find yourself [C] a toy.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ Honey, my [Ebm] time [Dm] is too expensive.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] So [Db] won't you [Bb] tell _ [F] it like it is.
_ _ Tell it to [Dm] my heart.
_ _ [Db] _ [Bb] Won't you hold [F] back, baby?
_ _ Now it's [Dm] time to stop.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] You've got to shoot it from the hip, girl. _ _
[Dm] You've got to turn it to me straight.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Tell it, [Dm] honey.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Gm] If you want [D] _ _
something [Bb] to play with, go [Db] and find [Bb]
yourself [Am] a toy.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Fm] Baby, [Am] my [Ab] time [Dm] is too [Bb] expensive, _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ and [Bb] I'm not _ [F] a little boy.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ If you _ [Dm] are _ _ serious, _ _
_ [C] _ _ go play with my [A] heart.
[Dm] It makes me furious.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ But if you want me to love you, [F] then baby I [Bb] will.
_ [G]
Honey, [Bb] I _ will.
_ [C] You know [Bb] that I [Dm] will.
_ Tell [Am] it [Dm] like it is.
_ _ [D]
Don't [Gm] be ashamed.
_ [Abm] Let your [Gm] conscience [Am] be your guide.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Am] But [Ab] I [Am] _ [Ab] know deep [Dm] down inside [Bb] of me, _ [Ebm]
I [Gm] believe that you love me.
[F] Forget [Bb]
you're [F] foolish by [Gm] me. _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Am] _ _ Life is too short to [Dm] have sorrow.
_ _ You [Gm] _ [Am] _ _ may [A] be here today [Dm] and gone [G] tomorrow.
[Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ You [A] might as well [Bb] get what you _ want.
[G] So go [F] on and _ live.
[C] Baby, go [F] on and live.
[Am] Tell it [Dm] like it _ [D] is.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Tell it [Gm] like it _ is. _
Tell it like it is.
[Bb] I'm nothing to play with.
[F] Go and [Bb] find yourself [C] a toy.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ Honey, my [Ebm] time [Dm] is too expensive.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] So [Db] won't you [Bb] tell _ [F] it like it is.
_ _ Tell it to [Dm] my heart.
_ _ [Db] _ [Bb] Won't you hold [F] back, baby?
_ _ Now it's [Dm] time to stop.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] You've got to shoot it from the hip, girl. _ _
[Dm] You've got to turn it to me straight.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Tell it, [Dm] honey.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _