D#2 x2
G# A# G# G7
I heard the truth about you
G# A#
And it doesn't really read at all
Cm D#
Like the whipping stick you raised me with
G# A#
F scared woman in a private hell
G# G7
Hushed voice like electric bells
G# A#
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce
G# D#
And the long lame walk of the dark seventies
G# A#
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce
Gb D#
And the long lame walk of the dark seventies
G# A# G# G7
I heard the truth about you, yeah you
G# A#
Mama, they woke me up
G# D#
I was deep in an idiot sleep
G# A#
I was just eight years old
G7 Cm
Heard big words with horrible sound
G# A#
Why'd they have to call my school
Gb D#2
Tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown
D#2
G# A# G# G7
I wish I believed like you do, yeah you
G# A#
In the myth of a merciful God
Cm D#
In the myth of a heaven and hell
G# A# G#
I hear the voices you hear sometimes
G7
sometimes
G# A#
It gets so much
G# D#
I feel like letting go
G# A#
Sometimes it gets so hard
G7 Cm
I feel like letting it go
G# A# Gb D#
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go
Gb5 A#5
Letting it all go
D#5 C#5
Letting it all go
Gb5 A#5
Letting it all go
D#5 C#5
Letting it all go
Gb5 A#5
Yeah, letting it all go
D#2 x2
G# A#
I ran away and went looking for you
G7 Cm
Back to Culver City and the old neighborhood
G# A#
Needed to know if you were really gone
G7 Cm
Needed to know if you were gone for good
G# A#
I ran through the projects at night
G7 Cm
Hide in the dark from my friends in the light
G# A#
Hide from my brother-in-law
G7 Cm
Hide from the things he'd say
G# A#
Said you weren't losing your mind
G7 Cm
Yeah, said you just needed a rest
G# A#
He said you would be coming home soon
G7 Cm
He said the doctors there would know what's best
G# A# G#
Said that maybe I could go live with them for a while
N.G#
I know the truth about you
N.G#
I know the truth about you
G# A#
I know the truth about you
G7 Cm
I know the truth
G#
I know the truth
A#
I know the truth
G7
I know the truth
Cm
I know the truth about you
G#
Mama, they woke me up
D#
I was just eight years old
G# A#
Sometimes it gets so hard
G7 Cm
I feel like letting it go
G# A#
Sometimes it gets so hard
Gb D#
I feel like letting it all go
D#
Yeah, letting it all go
D# D#2
Letting it all go
D#2
Ooh, letting it all go
D#
Yeah letting it all go
| x Dead note
| b Bend
| h Hammer-on