F2 x2
A# C A# A7
I heard the truth about you
A# C
And it doesn't really read at all
Dm F
Like the whipping stick you raised me with
A# C
G scared woman in a private hell
A# A7
Hushed voice like electric bells
A# C
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce
A# F
And the long lame walk of the dark seventies
A# C
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce
Ab F
And the long lame walk of the dark seventies
A# C A# A7
I heard the truth about you, yeah you
A# C
Mama, they woke me up
A# F
I was deep in an idiot sleep
A# C
I was just eight years old
A7 Dm
Heard big words with horrible sound
A# C
Why'd they have to call my school
Ab F2
Tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown
F2
A# C A# A7
I wish I believed like you do, yeah you
A# C
In the myth of a merciful God
Dm F
In the myth of a heaven and hell
A# C A#
I hear the voices you hear sometimes
A7
sometimes
A# C
It gets so much
A# F
I feel like letting go
A# C
Sometimes it gets so hard
A7 Dm
I feel like letting it go
A# C Ab F
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go
Ab5 C5
Letting it all go
F5 D#5
Letting it all go
Ab5 C5
Letting it all go
F5 D#5
Letting it all go
Ab5 C5
Yeah, letting it all go
F2 x2
A# C
I ran away and went looking for you
A7 Dm
Back to Culver City and the old neighborhood
A# C
Needed to know if you were really gone
A7 Dm
Needed to know if you were gone for good
A# C
I ran through the projects at night
A7 Dm
Hide in the dark from my friends in the light
A# C
Hide from my brother-in-law
A7 Dm
Hide from the things he'd say
A# C
Said you weren't losing your mind
A7 Dm
Yeah, said you just needed a rest
A# C
He said you would be coming home soon
A7 Dm
He said the doctors there would know what's best
A# C A#
Said that maybe I could go live with them for a while
N.A#
I know the truth about you
N.A#
I know the truth about you
A# C
I know the truth about you
A7 Dm
I know the truth
A#
I know the truth
C
I know the truth
A7
I know the truth
Dm
I know the truth about you
A#
Mama, they woke me up
F
I was just eight years old
A# C
Sometimes it gets so hard
A7 Dm
I feel like letting it go
A# C
Sometimes it gets so hard
Ab F
I feel like letting it all go
F
Yeah, letting it all go
F F2
Letting it all go
F2
Ooh, letting it all go
F
Yeah letting it all go
| x Dead note
| b Bend
| h Hammer-on