TRACY CHAPMAN - Telling Stories

Intro:

e-----------------|----------------|
B-----------------|----------------|
G-----------------|----------------| X 2
D-----2-2-----2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|
A-----------------|----------------|
E-0-------0-0-----|0-------0-0-----|

Couplets :

Em C G D/Gb

e-0--------|-0--------|-3--------|-2-------x-|
B-0--------|-1--------|-0--------|-3-------x-|
G-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-2--ou---x-|
D-2--------|-2--------|-0--------|-0-------0-|
A-2--------|-3--------|-2--------|-0-------0-|
E-0--------|-x--------|-3--------|-2-------2-|

La basse de chaque accord est très importante.

Pour le bridge : D normal (xx0232)

Intro

Em C G D/Gb
There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, a memory
Em C G D/Gb
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories

Transition : Em C G D/Gb (x2)

Em C G D/Gb
There is fiction in the space between you and reality
Em C G D/Gb
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seem less
mundane
Em C G D/Gb
There is fiction in the space between you and me.

Transition : Em C G D/Gb (x2)

Em C G D/Gb
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
Em C G D/Gb
A fabrication, grand scheme. I am the scary monster
Em C G D/Gb
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
Em C G D/Gb
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing.

Transition : Em C G D/Gb (x2)

Bridge:
D C G
Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak
D C Em
Back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
C Em G D/Gb
Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space

Em x4 (comme intro -> 4e et 6e cordes)
between.

Em C G D/Gb
There is fiction in the space between you and everybody
Em C G D/Gb
Give us all what we need. Give us one more sad, sordid story.
Em C G D/Gb
In the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie is the best thing
Em C G D/Gb
sometimes a lie is the best thing
Em C G D/Gb

Em C G D/Gb
is the best thing
Em C G D/Gb

Em x4 (comme intro)