Paint The Truth chords by The Occasional Orchestra

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Verse 1
D 
Tommy,  (D major) you're too young
to look so pale
Em 
Draw the  (E minor) fear behind those
C 
eyes so wild  (C major) 
D 
You're  (D major) taller now than when you sailed
Em 
A 
D 
But in  (E minor) your dreams you're still  (A major)  (D major) a  child
Every night you find yourself awake
Em 
You don't  (E minor) know what
C 
you're doing here  (C major) 
D 
Now home  (D major) is just a numbing ache
Em 
A 
D 
And char (E minor) coal lines to  (A major) smudge the  (D major) years
Bm 
You need  (B minor) to run much faster now
G 
Bm 
G 
 (G major) Than you  (B minor) have ever run  (G major) before
A 
Em 
Bm 
 (A major) So  (E minor) gather  (B minor) up your
thoughts and weight
E 
Em 
G 
 (E major) When  (E minor) I think of you it  (G major) makes me glad
Em 
A 
D 
But  (E minor) I    was born  (A major)  (D major) too late
Tommy, you're too young
to see and hear
Em 
C 
Alone  (E minor) among a tide of youth  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) Washing over dusty fields
Em 
A 
D 
To find  (E minor) the words to  (A major) paint the truth  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
You need  (B minor) to run much faster now  (G major) 
Bm 
G 
Than you  (B minor) have ever  (G major) run before
A 
Em 
Bm 
 (A major) So  (E minor) gather  (B minor) up your
E 
thoughts and wait  (E major) 
Em 
When  (E minor) I think of you
G 
it  (G major) makes me glad
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor) that I was  (A major) born  (D major) too late
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
D 
Em 
A 
D 
 (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
Bm 
You need  (B minor) to run much faster now
G 
Bm 
G 
 (G major) Than you  (B minor) have ever  (G major) run before
A 
Bm 
 (A major) So gather  (B minor) up your thoughts and wait
E 
Em 
 (E major) When  (E minor) I think of you
G 
it  (G major) makes me glad
Em 
A 
D 
that  (E minor) I    was  (A major) born  (D major) too late
A 
D 
Faces traced in careful lines  (A major)  (D major) 
Em 
We'll be handed  (E minor) down
Bm 
Em 
D 
C 
 (B minor) through  (E minor) centuries  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
Or spelled  (D major) onto a muddy field
Em 
A 
D 
Reflecting  (E minor) who you  (A major) used to be  (D major) 
Bm 
You need  (B minor) to run much faster now
G 
Bm 
G 
 (G major) Than you  (B minor) have ever  (G major) run before
A 
Em 
Bm 
 (A major) So,  (E minor)  (B minor) gather up your thoughts and wait
E 
Em 
 (E major) When  (E minor) I think of you
G 
it  (G major) makes me glad
Em 
A 
D 
that  (E minor) I    was born  (A major)  (D major) too late
Em 
When I  (E minor) think of you
G 
it makes  (G major) me glad
Em 
A 
D 
that  (E minor) I was born  (A major) too late  (D major) 