WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories Ukulele | Ver. 1
Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman
(I may not have the lyrics right in places. Enjoy!)
Intro: Em Chord (6th and 4th strings)
Am F F F G
There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, a memory
F F F G (Am F F G
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories twice)
F F F G
There is fiction in the space between you and reality
F F F G
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seem less
mundane
F F F G ( Am F F G twice )
There is fiction in the space between you and me.
F F F G
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
F F F G
A fabrication, grand scheme. I am the scary monster
F F F G
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
F F F G
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing.
( repeat Am F F G twice )
Bridge:
G F F
Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak
G F F
Back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
F F Am
Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between.
(Am 4 bars)
F F F G
There is fiction in the space between you and everybody
F F F G
Give us all what we need. Give us one more sad, sordid story.
F F F G
In the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie is the best thing
F F F G (repeat F F F G)
sometimes a lie is the best thing
is the best thing (repeat)
(finish with Am)