The Truth Chords
The Truth by Foster The People is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, D, C, G/B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Em
Well I've been trying to re-learn my name
D G
It seems like a thousand years
Em D
I've been out of frame and I surrender
G
The truth is what
Em
What I've needed from you
D G Em
I've been floating within your walls of opinion
D G
And I'm tired - I only want the truth
C
(I have tried so hard not to be like them
G G/B
I have found they don't ever say what they mean)
C Em G
There is a truth, there is a light
Am G
If you'd follow me there
C
(I've been searching for the directions and
G G/B
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs)
C Em G
There is a hope for the hopeless
Am G
I can promise you that
G
Yeah, well I've been accosted
The jury's been partial
G
But I won't surrender
G
To prove to you I won't lie
Em
Under pressure of compromise
D G
Yeah, well an absolute measure
Won't change with opinion
Em
No matter how hard you try
D G
It's an immovable thing
Em
Just like the visions in your bed
D C
Or when they're streaming in your head
C
(I have tried so hard not to be like them
G G/B
I have found they don't ever say what they mean)
C Em G
There is a truth, there is a light
Am G
If you'd follow me there
C
(I've been searching for the directions and
G G/B C
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs)
Em G
There is a hope
Am G
And I'll come back
C
If you're leading my hand
The world is so broken
G
I'm tripping my steps
G/B C
I'm slipping and I know why
Em G-Am
I never thought that I'd be here
G C
A blinding call to prayer has touched my feet
Like the call of the prophets
G G/B C
A purpose is needed before you know that you know
Em G
To never wonder what you are
Am G
And not forget where you come from
Interlude: G C G/B D G C G/B D
G C G/B
Is it really love you've been speaking of?
D G
Uh? What'd you say? What'd you say?
C
What'd you say? Yeah, yeah
G/B D
What'd you say? Oh, what'd you say?
G
I said that you need me, don't you?
Interlude: C G G/B C
Em G
There is a truth
Am G
I can promise you that
C
(I have tried so hard not to be like them
G G/B
I have found they don't ever say what they mean)
C Em G Am
Yeah, yeah eh
G C
The truth
G G/B C
The truth stands in the end
Em G Am G C
While you're deciding what to do
G G/B C
The truth stands in the end
Em G Am G
While you're deciding what to do