WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tracy Chapman - Tell It Like It Is Ukulele | Ver. 1
TRACY CHAPMAN
TELL IT LIKE IT IS
NEW BEGINNING
This is another great Tracy Chapman song. The following chords are for the acoustic
Unfortunately I havn't got the suitable tabs for the e-guitar but I would be very glad to
them... so please, if someone out there has them: Don't hesitate to write them down here...
Chords used:
Am Dsus F(add9) F
Fmaj7
D|-0-| D|-0-| D|-0-| D|-3-| D|-0-| D|-0-|
E|-0-| E|-3-| E|-3-| E|-0-|
E|-0-|
F|-0-| F|-2-| F|-0-| F|-0-|
F|-0-|
G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-0-|
G|-2-|
D|-2-| D|-0-| D|-3-| D|-2-|
D|-3-|
D|-0-| D|-x-| D|-X-| D|-3-|
D|-0-|
. = "Stacato"
: = "Repeat"
OK, so far so good, here are the chords:
INTRO:
| Guitar harmonics|: Am Dsus (x4):|
e|----12-12-12-12--|:--0.-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--:|
B|----12-12-12-12--|:--0.-0-0-0-0-3--3--3--3--:|
G|----12-12-12-12--|:--0.-0-0-0-0-2--2--2--2--:|
D|----12-12-12-12--|:--2.-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--:|
A|----12-12-12-12--|:--2.-2-2-2-2-0--0--0--0--:|
E|----12-12-12-12--|:--0.-0-0-0-0-x--x--x--x--:|
(The rythm for the "Em Asus" part keeps the same the whole song, however, if the chords
the rythm changes too. D.F. the F F D
part)
VERSE 1:
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus
Tell it like it is!
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Tell it like it is___!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
What brakes your heart.
Am Dsus F(add9)
What keeps you a- wake,
F D5(add9) F
awake at night.
Am Dsus
Am Dsus F(add9)
What makes you want to break___
F D5(add9) F
down and cry___.
Am Dsus Am Dsus
But say you'll never
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
turn you back. Say you'll never harden to the world. Say you'll never
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
try to still the rythms in your breast. Say you'll never
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
look at the evil among us and try to forget. Say you'll tell it like it
Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus
is!
Verse 2:
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
So everyone can hear__!
Am Dsus
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Tell it like it is___!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
What brakes your heart______.
Am Dsus F(add9)
What keeps you a- wake,
F D5(add9) F
awake at night.
Am Dsus
Am Dsus F(add9) F D5
How you anger and grief___ make you want to cry out___
F
and tell it like it
Am Dsus Am Dsus
is___! But say you'll never
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
close your eyes or pretend that it's a rosy world. Say you'll never try to
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
paint what it's rotten with a sugar coat. Say you talk about the
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
horrors you've seen and the torments you know. And tell it like it
Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus
is!
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: (The acoustic guitar plays:)
|:Am Dsus|Am Dsus|Am
Dsus|F(add9) F|D5(add9) F|Am
Dsus:|
VERSE 3:
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
So noone can for-get__!
Am Dsus
Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Tell it like it is___!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
What brakes your heart.
Am Dsus F(add9)
What keeps you a- wake,
F D5(add9) F
awake at night.
Am Dsus
Am Dsus F(add9)
What makes you want to break___
F D5
the ties that silence and bind,
F
and tell it like it
Am Dsus Am Dsus
is___! Say you'll never
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
cover your ears and close your mouth and live in a silent world. Say
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
you'll only run as far or as fast as you need to be secure. Say that then
Fmaj7 D5(add9)
you'll tell the truth when a lie cross your lips. And tell it like it
D5(add9)(let ring)
is, yeah yeah yeah...
Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus Am Dsus
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO 2:
|:Am Dsus|Am Dsus|Am
Dsus:|
OUTRO:
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Am Dsus Am Dsus
Say it, say it, say it!
Em (let ring)
Say it, say it, say it!
That's it. Beautiful, isn't it? If you have any quastions or if you have the e-guitar
