Truth Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays494

Truth by Jamestown Revival is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am 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 
Hey Mister Mayor,  
                       C     Am 
what the hell we gonna do?  
             G 
Tell the truth 
  
Say Mister Mayor,  
                          C     Am 
could I have a word with you?  
                   G 
Am I getting through?  

                      C             G 
Yes, I have seen the levees comin' down 
           C           G  
I've seen fire on the ground 
D 
 Money leavin' town  
    G                          G 
Now I am growing older looking through  
     C                  G 
This different point of view 
        D  
But I'm closer to the truth  
         G      C   G 
Yes I am (x2) 

G 
Where is the Savior?  
                                  C       Am 
'Cause he don't look a thing like you  
         G 
Tell the truth  

Save it for later  
                               C          Am 
'Cause you've had your time to prove  
                 G       C G 
Now your time is through  

                     C             G 
Yes, I have seen the levees comin' down 
          C           G  
I've seen fire on the ground 
D 
 Money leavin' town  
    G            C             G 
Now I am growing older looking through  
     C                  G 
This different point of view 
        D  
But I'm closer to the truth  
         G      C    G 
Yes I am (x4) 

G 
I lay low,  
I'll cover my head  
What I know,  
I'll keep it under my bed  
Though I try  
to steady my mind  
I get weary,  
C            G 
what I might find 

                       C            G 
'Cause I have seen the levees comin' down 
          C           G  
I've seen fire on the ground 
D 
 Money leavin' town  
    G            C             G 
Now I am growing older looking through  
     C                  G 
This different point of view 
        D  
But I'm closer to the truth  
         G      C    G 
Yes I am (x4) 
    	

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