What Is Truth chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: E major

Intro 1

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G

A

D

Verse 1
D D 
 
The old man
turned off the radio
G G 
 
Said, "Where did all of the old songs go
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
Kids  sure play funny
A A 
 
music these days
They play it in the strangest ways"
D D 
 
Said, "it looks to me like
they've all gone wild
G G 
 
It was peaceful back
when I was a child"
E E 
 
Well, man, could it be that
the girls and boys
A A 
 
Are trying to be heard above your noise?
D D 
 
G G 
 
And the lonely voice of youth
A A 
 
cries "What is truth?"
D D 
 

Verse 2
A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
G G 
 
Looks up and says, "Daddy,
what is war?"
E E 
 
"son, that's when people fight and die"
A A 
 
The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?"
D D 
 
A young man of seventeen
G G 
 
in Sunday school
Being taught the golden rule
E E 
 
And by the time another
year has gone around
A A 
 
It may be his turn to lay his life down
D D 
 
Can you blame the voice of
G G 
 
A A 
 
youth for asking

Verse 3
"What is truth?"
D D 
 
G G 
 
A
A A 
 
D D 
 
young man sittin'
on the witness stand
G G 
 
The man with the book says
"Raise your hand"
E E 
 
"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
A A 
 
The man looked down at his long hair
D D 
 
And although the young
man solemnly swore
G G 
 
Nobody seems to hear anymore
E E 
 
And it didn't really matter
if the truth was there
A A 
 
It was the cut of his clothes
and the length of his hair
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
And the lonely voice of youth cries

Interlude 1

"What is truth?"

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A

D

Verse 4
D D 
 
The young girl dancing to the latest beat
G G 
 
Has found new ways to
move her feet
E E 
 
The young man speaking in the city square
A A 
 
Is trying to tell somebody
D D 
 
that he cares
Yeah, the ones that you're
calling wild
G G 
 
Are going to be the leaders in a little while
E E 
 
This old world's wakin'
to a new born day
And I solemnly swear that
A A 
 
it'll be their way
D D 
 
You better help the voice of
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
youth find
G G 
 
A A 
 
"What is truth "

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