Telling Stories
Tracy ChapmanVersion1
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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])