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Title: I Can Tell (When You're Telling Lies)
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Artist: John Wesley Harding
from the album "The Name Above The Title"
Key: G major
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D G C D C G \
I can tell when you're .... |
C Am D |
I can see it in your ... |
G C D C G |
I can tell when .... \ CHORUS
C Am D / ~~~~~~
I can see it in your lack... |
Em C Am D |
I can see just where the ... |
Em C Am D |
Watching you cut through the ... /
Em
Once upon a time, a ...
C Am C D
But that's all in the past, ...
Em
You can't appease me now, ...
C Am C D
And you can't please me now..
D C
There's too much history, there's ...
D C
When I get to hear his sto...
Am D D Em
It's automatic nothing ...
C Am C D
Murdered by some cartoon villain who ...
< C H O R U S >
Em
Happy ever after, prince ...
C Am C D
All his disarming charm and ...
Em
He's scouting for success, and ...
C Am C D
The day the die was cast, ...
D C
Now your hits are up for grabs...
D C
You could be jetting with the set ..
Am D D Em
You wanted to be on a bridge; all ...;
C Am C D
Sometimes you must re-cross and that's ....
< C H O R U S >
B7
There are some tric...
C Cmaj7 Am Am Am7 Am7
I mean the wool that is ...
D
That's what happens ....
G C D
Becomes a game ...
C Am \
I know you're combing ... |
D Em |
Or someone's ..... \ DRUMS
C Cmaj7 Am / ONLY
A lie may well fool .... |
C D |
But it tells the truth .... /
G C D C G
I can tell when ...
C Am D
I can see it in you...
G C D C G
I can tell when ...
C Am D
I can see it in your ..
G C D C G
I can tell when you're ...
C Am
I can see it in your ..
G C D C G
I can tell where your ...
C Am D
I can see it in your ...
Em C Am D
I can see just where ..
Em C Am D G
Watching you cut through the ....
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CHORDS:
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G chord D chord
e||---|---|-o-| G e||---|-o-|---| F#
B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|-o-| D
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|---|---| D D||---|---|---| D
A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|-o-| G E||---|-x-|---| either use thumb on 2nd fret
or don't play bass-E string
C chord Am chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|---| E
B||-o-|---|---| C B||-o-|---|---| C
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|---| E
A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|---| E
Em chord B7 chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|-o-|---| F#
B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|---| B
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|-o-|---| E D||-o-|---|---| D#
A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|-o-|---| B
E||---|---|---| E E||---|-x-|---| either use thumb on 2nd fret
or don't play bass-E string
Cmaj7 chord Am7 chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|---| E
B||---|---|---| B B||-o-|---|---| C
G||---|---|---| G G||---|---|---| G
D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|---| E
A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|---| E
N.B. Don't try playing a G chord the way it's shown in the photo in the sleeve
notes of The Name Above The Title!!
Playing Notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Play the opening D chord before you launch into the song.
2. Learn the rhythm of the part that goes "the bind that ties" and strum the
triplet in time with the words.
3. You may wish to change the chords for the equivalent parts of the verse to
"It's automatic nothing 'bout a heart in a rage" so that they become
(C, Am, D, Em) instead of (Am, D, D, Em) as in the above transcription.
4. I've included chords for the last verse where it goes to drums only for
those of you who are unaccompanied. These are best if strummed lightly
and once each.
5. After the `drums only' bit, don't forget to say "So" before you move on to
the final chorus section. On the other hand, don't wet yourself if you
forget!
6. The words in a few places could easily be heard as many things. I think
this is pretty much as Wes sings it, but "telling" does sound a lot like
"talent", what about "unfaithful SIZE (?)", "you wanted to be UNABRIDGED",
or "sometimes you must be CROSSED"?
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Title: I Can Tell (When You're Telling Lies)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Artist: John Wesley Harding
from the album "The Name Above The Title"
Key: G major
~~~~~~~~~~~~
D G C D C G \
I can tell when you're .... |
C Am D |
I can see it in your ... |
G C D C G |
I can tell when .... \ CHORUS
C Am D / ~~~~~~
I can see it in your lack... |
Em C Am D |
I can see just where the ... |
Em C Am D |
Watching you cut through the ... /
Em
Once upon a time, a ...
C Am C D
But that's all in the past, ...
Em
You can't appease me now, ...
C Am C D
And you can't please me now..
D C
There's too much history, there's ...
D C
When I get to hear his sto...
Am D D Em
It's automatic nothing ...
C Am C D
Murdered by some cartoon villain who ...
< C H O R U S >
Em
Happy ever after, prince ...
C Am C D
All his disarming charm and ...
Em
He's scouting for success, and ...
C Am C D
The day the die was cast, ...
D C
Now your hits are up for grabs...
D C
You could be jetting with the set ..
Am D D Em
You wanted to be on a bridge; all ...;
C Am C D
Sometimes you must re-cross and that's ....
< C H O R U S >
B7
There are some tric...
C Cmaj7 Am Am Am7 Am7
I mean the wool that is ...
D
That's what happens ....
G C D
Becomes a game ...
C Am \
I know you're combing ... |
D Em |
Or someone's ..... \ DRUMS
C Cmaj7 Am / ONLY
A lie may well fool .... |
C D |
But it tells the truth .... /
G C D C G
I can tell when ...
C Am D
I can see it in you...
G C D C G
I can tell when ...
C Am D
I can see it in your ..
G C D C G
I can tell when you're ...
C Am
I can see it in your ..
G C D C G
I can tell where your ...
C Am D
I can see it in your ...
Em C Am D
I can see just where ..
Em C Am D G
Watching you cut through the ....
========================
CHORDS:
~~~~~~
G chord D chord
e||---|---|-o-| G e||---|-o-|---| F#
B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|-o-| D
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|---|---| D D||---|---|---| D
A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|-o-| G E||---|-x-|---| either use thumb on 2nd fret
or don't play bass-E string
C chord Am chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|---| E
B||-o-|---|---| C B||-o-|---|---| C
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|---| E
A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|---| E
Em chord B7 chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|-o-|---| F#
B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|---| B
G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|---| A
D||---|-o-|---| E D||-o-|---|---| D#
A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|-o-|---| B
E||---|---|---| E E||---|-x-|---| either use thumb on 2nd fret
or don't play bass-E string
Cmaj7 chord Am7 chord
e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|---| E
B||---|---|---| B B||-o-|---|---| C
G||---|---|---| G G||---|---|---| G
D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|---| E
A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|---| A
E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|---| E
N.B. Don't try playing a G chord the way it's shown in the photo in the sleeve
notes of The Name Above The Title!!
Playing Notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Play the opening D chord before you launch into the song.
2. Learn the rhythm of the part that goes "the bind that ties" and strum the
triplet in time with the words.
3. You may wish to change the chords for the equivalent parts of the verse to
"It's automatic nothing 'bout a heart in a rage" so that they become
(C, Am, D, Em) instead of (Am, D, D, Em) as in the above transcription.
4. I've included chords for the last verse where it goes to drums only for
those of you who are unaccompanied. These are best if strummed lightly
and once each.
5. After the `drums only' bit, don't forget to say "So" before you move on to
the final chorus section. On the other hand, don't wet yourself if you
forget!
6. The words in a few places could easily be heard as many things. I think
this is pretty much as Wes sings it, but "telling" does sound a lot like
"talent", what about "unfaithful SIZE (?)", "you wanted to be UNABRIDGED",
or "sometimes you must be CROSSED"?
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