Tell Me the Truth Chords
by Midnight Oil
Tell Me the Truth by Midnight Oil is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords D, A, F#, F#7, E, G, B and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A D F#
F# F#7 F# F#7
I believe we're crossing a great ravine
F# E
Still yearning, half-way a stranger
F# F#7 F# F#7
I believe in our multiplicity
F# E
Still part-blind, no reason for anger
F# F#7 F# F#7
I believe we pull up our roots and retreat
F# E
A new crop of aerials in Dacca and Canberra
A D G
So why don't you tell me
A D G
Why don't you tell me
A F# E B F# F#m
Why don't you tell me the truth about you
Solo: D A D F#
F# F#7 F# F#7
Vaseline, you smeared it across every scene
F# E
Anchor-man drowns in a sea of sensation
F# F#7 F# F#7
Tyranny crushing the young bird's seed
F# E
Halloween's mate short fuse of the banker
F#
I thought myself wise through all of these hopeless times
E
But I told myself, told myself, you've got to hold on
A D G
So why don't you tell me
A D G
Why don't you tell me
A F# E B F# F#m
Why don't you tell me the truth about you
A D G
Why don't you tell me
A D G
Why don't you tell me
A F# E B F# F#m
Why don't you tell me the truth about you
D A D A
About you, about you
D A Until End