tab: "true" by glen phillips and dan wilson
transcribed by michael mazur and steven wiercinski

all guitars capo I

Intro:

D G
 
   D                          G
|--2-----0-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------3-----2-----|--0-----------------|
|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--------2-----0-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|

Verse:

   D                       G
so how, how did i lose the thread?

     D                 G
when you reeled it in again

           Em
i could be caught on that line

                               A
spending my time swimming with you

             Em
your love is often unkind, bitter and blind

          A
sometimes casually cruel

Chorus:

         D      G
but it's true
but it's true


Verse:

you give more than you would ever take
forgive the mess i leave in my wake
i'm inconsistent at best
never at rest, ever the fool
i'm always stumbling around knocking things down
but whatever else i do

i'll be true
i'll be true

        Bm       E    G
i'll be true

   Bm                   E
|--2-----0-----------|-----------------|
|--------------3-----|-----------------|
|-----2-----2-----2--|--1-----2-----1--|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|


Guitar solo:

E    G                D        G       D         G
--|----------|------|----7--|-------|-------7--|-----12--|
--|----------|------|/7-----|--8\3--|--3/7-----|/12------| slide guitar
4/|--7-----7/|--12--|-------|-------|----------|---------| 1st string tuned
--|----------|------|-------|-------|----------|---------| down to D
--|----------|------|-------|-------|----------|---------| (EADGBD)
--|----------|------|-------|-------|----------|---------|




              Em
you're in and out of my hands

                                 A
slipping like sand, passing like time

             Em
your love is brutally bold, careless and cold

         A
but it's mine, mine

        D                     G
i won't tell you a lie, so be careful what you ask me

        D                         G
i don't care, i don't mind if you never understand me

      D/F#(x0423x)  Asus4(x0223x)  G            D/F#(20023x)
every day, every    night i can    promise you

      Bm           A   G
i can promise you

i'll be true
i'll be true
true