Gimme Some Truth Chords

by John Lennon
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Recorded by John Lennon in 1971,featuring George Harrison on guitar.originally could have ended up as a Beatles song .I have tried to replicate the slide lead guitar.You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhktzkGoH0.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: no capo
Author motoclangers [tm] 49,598. Last edit on Oct 17, 2020
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Chords

F7/C
Eb
Bb
F7
Db
C7
Ab
F
Am

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John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth
 
Key F    BPM  126   You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhktzkGoH0
 
F7/C x31211      Eb   xx1343     Bb x13331
F7   131211      Db   x46664
C7   x32310      Ab   466544
 
[Verse 1]
F                     Am
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
     F7/C                    F7
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Verse 2]
F                  Am
I've had enough of reading things
   F7/C                 F7
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Bridge]
   Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky Dicky
Eb
Is going to mother hubbard soft soap me
                         Db
With just a pocketful of hope
          Ab
Money for dope
          Bb
Money for rope Oooh oh
 
 
[Slide Guitar Solo]
   F           Am        F7/C    F7                 Bb          C7                  Bb       C7
e|-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-8-8-8-5-8-8-8-5-8-10----------------------------8----------------------------8---
B|-------------------------------------8-10--------------------9----------------------------10----
G|------------------------------------------10-----10-7------7-----10----7------------7---5-------
D|---------------------------------------------10--------10-----------------10---10---------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
   F         Am        F7/C          F7             Bb      C7           Bb              C7
e|-8-8-8-8---5-8-8-8-8-8--5--8-8-8-5-8-8-8--10--------------8---5--------6---6-8------------------
B|----------------------------------------------10--13--15-----------------6--------6-------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------5--7----------5-7--7-7-5-7-5-5-
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
[Bridge]
   Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky Dicky
Eb
Is going to mother hubbard soft soap me
                         Db
With just a pocketful of soap
          Ab
Money for dope
          Bb
Money for rope
 
 
[Verse 3]
F                    Am
I'm sick to death of seeing things
     F7/C                         F7
From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Verse 4]
F                  Am
I've had enough of watching scenes
     F7/C                       F7
With schizophrenic, egocentric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Bridge]
   Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky Dicky
Eb
Is going to mother hubbard soft soap me
                         Db
With just a pocketful of soap
          Ab
Money for dope
          Bb
Money for rope
 
 
[Verse 5]
F                     Am
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
     F7/C                    F7
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Verse 6]
F                  Am
I've had enough of reading things
   F7/C                 F7
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
 
 
[Outro]
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth, now
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth, now
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
Bb                C7
Just give me some truth
Bb                C7
All I want is the truth
 
 
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