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Telling Stories

Tracy Chapman
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Chords in this song

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

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Readable chord sheet for Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman

Em Chord (6th and 4th strings)

[Em]There is [G]fiction in the space be[C]tween [G]lines on a page, a [D]memory
         [G]                    [C]           [G]                [D]      ([Em] [C] [G] [D]
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories      twice)
There is [G]fiction in the space be[C]tween [G]you and re[D]ality
You would [G]do and say any[C]thing to make your [G]everyday life seem [D]less
mundane
         [G]                      [C]     [G]       [D]      ( [Em] [C] [G] [D] twice )
There is fiction in the space between you and me.

There's a science [G]fiction in the space be[C]tween [G]you and [D]me
A fabri[G]cation, grand [C]scheme. [G]I am the scary [D]monster
Need to [G]say it as I leave the [C]scene in my [G]spaceship I am [D]laughing
Your re[G]membrance of a bad [C]dream there's [G]no one but you [D]standing.
( repeat [Em] [C] [G] [D] twice )

[D]Feel the pity and the pain [C]for the ones who [G]do not speak
[D]Back the words you get respect and compassion [C]and for [G]posterity
[C]Spread the words and [G]make believe there is [Em]truth in the space between.
([Em] 4 bars)

There is [G]fiction in the space be[C]tween [G]you and [D]everybody
[G]Give us all what we [C]need. Give us [G]one more sad, [D]sordid story.
In the [G]fiction of the space be[C]tween [G]sometimes a lie[D] is the best thing
       [G]       [C]       [G]             [D]    (repeat [G] [C] [G] [D])
                       sometimes a lie is the best thing
                                       is the best thing  (repeat)
(finish with [Em])

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