Tell It Like It Is Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Caug

Verse 1

If you C7wanGt Gm something to pC7lay with

Go and fGmind yourC7self a tFoy F7M C F6

Baby my D7/F♯time is too eC7xpeGnsive Gm C7

And I'm Gmnot C7 a little bFoy F7M C F6

AmIf you are sDmerious

AmDon't play with my heart, it makes me fDmurious

AmBut if you want me to lA♯ove you

Then baby I wCill, A♯ C girl you know I Am/Cwill

Verse 2

C7Tell it like it is

Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide

But I... know deep down inside of me

I believe you love me

Forget your foolish pride

Life is too short to have sorrow

We may be here today and gone tomorrow

You might as well get what you want

So go on and live, baby go on and live

Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:

Tell it like it is

I'm nothing to play with

Go and find yourself a toy

But I... tell it like it is

My time is too expensive

And I'm not your little boy

Tell it like it is... [fade]

Notes:

1) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths. Over the C7/G...Gm... etc.

progression it's:

1 1 1 1

want... some... with... your...

...; over the F F7M/C F6 D7/F♯ it's all

since the C and A are common to all of the chords.

2) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#dim, but careful listening reveals

a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers