What Is Truth chords by Johnny Cash
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The old man
turned off the radio
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Said, "Where did all of the old songs go
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Kids sure play funny
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music these days
They play it in the strangest ways"
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Said, "it looks to me like
they've all gone wild
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It was peaceful back
when I was a child"
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Well, man, could it be that
the girls and boys
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Are trying to be heard above your noise?
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And the lonely voice of youth
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cries "What is truth?"
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Verse 2
A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
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Looks up and says, "Daddy,
what is war?"
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"son, that's when people fight and die"
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The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?"
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A young man of seventeen
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in Sunday school
Being taught the golden rule
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And by the time another
year has gone around
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It may be his turn to lay his life down
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Can you blame the voice of
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youth for asking
Verse 3
"What is truth?"
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young man sittin'
on the witness stand
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The man with the book says
"Raise your hand"
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"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
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The man looked down at his long hair
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And although the young
man solemnly swore
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Nobody seems to hear anymore
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And it didn't really matter
if the truth was there
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It was the cut of his clothes
and the length of his hair
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And the lonely voice of youth cries
Interlude 1
"What is truth?"
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Verse 4
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The young girl dancing to the latest beat
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Has found new ways to
move her feet
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The young man speaking in the city square
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Is trying to tell somebody
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that he cares
Yeah, the ones that you're
calling wild
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Are going to be the leaders in a little while
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This old world's wakin'
to a new born day
And I solemnly swear that
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it'll be their way
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You better help the voice of
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youth find
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"What is truth "
What Is Truth
Johnny Cash
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