I Can Tell

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  • Key: G major
     
    D G C D C G \
  • I can tell when you're telling lies; |
    C Am D |
    I can see it in your tired eyes. |
  • G C D C G |
    I can tell when you're telling lies; \ CHORUS
    C Am D / ~~~~~~
  • I can see it in your lack of surprise. |
    Em C Am D |
    I can see just where the truth doesn't lie, |
  • Em C Am D |
    Watching you cut through the bind that ties. /
     
  • Em
    Once upon a time, a story with a happy end,
    C Am C D
  • But that's all in the past, that's all around the bend,
    Em
    You can't appease me now, those stupid things you said,
  • C Am C D
    And you can't please me now, and we can't start again.
    D C
  • There's too much history, there's no clean sheets,
    D C
    When I get to hear his story it puts my feet to sleep;
  • Am D D Em
    It's automatic nothing 'bout a heart in a rage,
    C Am C D
  • Murdered by some cartoon villain who ripped out the last page.
     
     
  • Em
    Happy ever after, prince apparent and his bride;
    C Am C D
  • All his disarming charm and her unfaithful sighs.
    Em
    He's scouting for success, and she's his girl guide.
  • C Am C D
    The day the die was cast, it was the day I died.
    D C
  • Now your hits are up for grabs, now the chips are down,
    D C
    You could be jetting with the set instead of with that clown
  • Am D D Em
    You wanted to be on a bridge; all bridges should be burned;
    C Am C D
  • Sometimes you must re-cross and that's something you've never learned.
     
     
  • B7
    There are some tricks that you can't pull,
    C Cmaj7 Am Am Am7 Am7
  • I mean the wool that is over my eyes.
    D
    That's what happens when looking for love
  • G C D
    Becomes a game of I spy.
    C Am \
  • I know you're combing someone's hair |
    D Em |
    Or someone's soothing you; \ DRUMS
  • C Cmaj7 Am / ONLY
    A lie may well fool someone else |
    C D |
  • But it tells the truth about you to you. So /
     
    G C D C G
  • I can tell when you're telling lies;
    C Am D
    I can see it in your tired eyes.
  • G C D C G
    I can tell when you're telling lies;
    C Am D
  • I can see it in your lack of surprise;
     
    G C D C G
  • I can tell when you're telling lies;
    C Am
    I can see it in your tired eyes.
  • G C D C G
    I can tell where your talent lies;
    C Am D
  • I can see it in your lack of surprise;
     
    Em C Am D
  • I can see just where the truth doesn't lie
    Em C Am D G
    Watching you cut through the bind that ties.
  •  
    CHORDS:
     
  • G chord D chord
     
    e||---|---|-o-| G e||---|-o-|-----| F#
  • B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|-o---| D
    G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|-----| A
    D||---|---|---| D D||---|---|-----| D
  • A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|---|-----| A
    E||---|---|-o-| G E||---|-x-|-----| either use thumb on 2nd fret
    or don't play bass-E string
  •  
    C chord Am chord
     
  • e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|-----| E
    B||-o-|---|---| C B||-o-|---|-----| C
    G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|-----| A
  • D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|-----| E
    A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|-----| A
    E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|-----| E
  •  
    Em chord B7 chord
     
  • e||---|---|---| E e||---|-o-|-----| F#
    B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|-----| B
    G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|-----| A
  • D||---|-o-|---| E D||-o-|---|-----| D#
    A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|-o-|-----| B
    E||---|---|---| E E||---|-x-|-----| either use thumb on 2nd fret
  • or don't play bass-E string
     
    Cmaj7 chord Am7 chord
  • e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|-----| E
    B||---|---|---| B B||-o-|---|-----| C
    G||---|---|---| G G||---|---|-----| G
  • D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|-----| E
    A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|---|-----| A
    E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|-----| E
  •  
    N.B. Don't try playing a G chord the way it's shown in the photo in the sleeve
    notes of The Name Above The Title!!
  •  
    Playing Notes
     
  • 1. Play the opening D chord before you launch into the song.
    2. Learn the rhythm of the part that goes "the bind that ties" and strum the
    triplet in time with the words.
  • 3. You may wish to change the chords for the equivalent parts of the verse to
    "It's automatic nothing 'bout a heart in a rage" so that they become
    (C, Am, D, Em) instead of (Am, D, D, Em) as in the above transcription.
  • 4. I've included chords for the last verse where it goes to drums only for
    those of you who are unaccompanied. These are best if strummed lightly
    and once each.
  • 5. After the `drums only' bit, don't forget to say "So" before you move on to
    the final chorus section. On the other hand, don't wet yourself if you
    forget!
  • 6. The words in a few places could easily be heard as many things. I think
    this is pretty much as Wes sings it, but "telling" does sound a lot like
    "talent", what about "unfaithful SIZE (?)", "you wanted to be UNABRIDGED",
  • or "sometimes you must be CROSSED"?
  • PLAY TOO ..
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