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Let The Truth Sting chords by
David Gray
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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The

hour is out of joint

Black sun has risen

And the river of words

Is flowing on through
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The cages of tradition
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D

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And they're handing out emptiness

We'll take it 'cause it's given

Free with this plastic innocence

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And these standards of living
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Verse 2


Questions lighted questions

Burnin' holes into my head

Hanging like shadows o'er the sun
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Staring out like the eyes of the dead
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D

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And sometimes my soul flickers

When the wind of change blows cold

Over the mire of repetition
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Down the corridors of rigmarole
Verse 3
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A

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What I say, what I think

What I put down in ink
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G

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I'm only trying to find a way to
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understand
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A

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And I mean no harm
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I'm just searching for calm
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G

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In the storm of mankind
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Verse 4

Do you find it there

In the sea of faces

That drowns you everyday

Or in the silence and rubble

and empty spaces
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Where children and rottweilers play
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D

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Is it buried in the praise

Given so cheap

With a meaningless

movement of the jaws

In the looking glass

That flatters you
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Or in the rattle of hollow applause
Verse 5
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Blind circle, moon and sun body willing,
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G

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mind undone
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One pain ending while an
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other begins
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A

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Lies, ruin disease
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E

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Into wounds like these
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G

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Let the truth sting
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D

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Verse 6
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From the hub to the limit
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Through the urban hollows
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Out into the poles of the extreme
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To echo through the numbness
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D

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Of these godless minutes
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In the shadow of delusion's re
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gime
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And here watching the night As it opens
Verse 7
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like a flower

And the day starts to rust

Feeling time pound

Like a silent hammer
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G

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On this empire of dust
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D

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And I'm thinking bout the bullet

And the TV screen, the dollar,

and the clenched fist

And if we're searching for peace

How come we still believe
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In hatred as the catalyst
Verse 8
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Oh through the borderline
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G

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In front and behind
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One pain ending
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Em
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While another begin
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A

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Lies, ruin disease
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E

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Into wounds like these
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G

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Let the truth sing
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E
E

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Yeah
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Let the truth
Verse 9
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And I feel it from the pit of my stomach

Into the ditch of my mind
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Inside the chambers of my heart
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As I stare half blind
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At these walls of cardboard
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At this space that I've rented
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At your beauty that is crumbling
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Though you try so hard to prevent it
Verse 10
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A

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On and on
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Body willing, mind undone
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One pain ending while an
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Em
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other begins
A
A

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Lies, ruin, disease
E
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Into wounds like these
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Let the truth sting
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Let the truth sting
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Let the truth sting
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • A

  • F

  • C

  • E

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Let The Truth Sting by David Gray is E major.

The primary chords used in Let The Truth Sting are E, A, F#m, B, G, D.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, A, F#m, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Let The Truth Sting is approximately 76 beats per minute.

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