Truth Be Told

Authors

Matthew West (Text)

Truth Be Told

Verse 1
B
B/A#
G#m
B/F#
Emaj7
 Lie number 
one you're supp
osed to h
ave it all
 together
a
c99e
And when they a
sk how you're
 doing
*Cd
sFuD
?aAbe
Just 
smile and tell th
em, "Never be
tter"
Verse 2
f
BCD*
ea*
AbAm
7meGm
Lie number 2 
everybody's lif
e is perf
ect except
 yours
a
dm
So keep your m
esses and your 
wounds
C?d
7A
u
Fb
And your s
ecrets safe with y
ou behind cl
osed doors
Verse 3
d
7*
 Truth be 
told
aCc
c*#c
f
 The t
ruth is 
rarely to
ld, now
Verse 4
b
DDs?A
?#7
bE
s
I say I'm f
ine, yeah I'm f
ine oh I'm fin
e, hey I'm fin
e but I'm not
e?
I'm b
roken
*
Es
eEB
s#a?
B
And when it's o
ut of control 
I say it's und
er control but 
it's not
A?
And you k
now it
?
9*
I d
on't know why it's so hard to ad
mit it
Ba7
?m
s
When being h
onest is the 
only way to f
ix it
d
G#7bC
There's no f
ailure, no 
fall
dD?
dF
s
There's no 
sin you don't 
already k
now
c*
C
So let the t
ruth be 
told
Verse 5
There's a sign on the door, says, "Come as you are" but I doubt it
'Cause if we lived like it was true, every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
Verse 6
But didn't you say the church should look more like a hospital
A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred and the prodigals
Like me
fB
B9?
Can I really st
and here unash
amed
#
d
Knowin' that Your l
ove for me won't c
hange?
7F
Oh God if t
hat's really true
?
Es
dAu
ub
a
Es
Then l
et 
the t
ruth 
be t
old