To Be Completely Honest Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays471

To Be Completely Honest by Dawes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, F, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro 4x 
    
    G 
e|--3--x---------------| 
B|--0-h1-0-h1--s3------| 
G|--0--0-0--0---0------| 
D|--0-h2-0-h2--s4------| 
A|--2--x-x--x----------| 
E|--3--3-3--3----------| 


G 
To be completely honest the picture isn't clear to me yet 
F                                                    G 
You insisted that you owed explanations while I was patiently enjoying the debt 
G 
And when I think about it I'm not even sure if I mind 
F 
You were the fading signal that would slip through the static 
                      G 
For a station that I never could find 

C                                     G 
So you don't need to say a word right now 
C                             Em                 D 
All your reasons would just flicker in the darkness 
G 
Maybe that's why nobody knows how 
F          C           G 
To be completely honest 

     G 
(Intro lick) 

G 
To be completely honest it feels like you're still in the room 
F                                                                    G 
From the bracelets that you left on the nightstand to the crows in the yard each afternoon 
G 
I just can't get off it I haven't been sleeping at all 
F 
Some questions weave themselves into the fabric 
        G 
And some are what compel me to call  

C                                    G 
But then I never know where I should start 
C                           Em                       D 
And a record of the symptoms is all I have accomplished 
G 
I never really thought it'd be so hard 
F          C         G 
To be completely honest 

(solo) 
     G 
(Intro riff) 

G 
To be completely honest I think I know how it ends 
F                                                          G 
The universe continues expanding While we discuss particulars of just being friends 

C                                  G 
And maybe that makes everything okay 
C                           Em                   D 
Remembering the defect at the heart of every promise 
G 
well maybe that's the only way 
  F       C         G 
To be completely honest  
  F       C         G 
To be completely honest  
  F       C         G 
To be completely honest  
  F       C         G 
To be completely honest 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante