Telling Stories

												
Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman
(I may not have the lyrics right in places. Enjoy!)
Intro: Em Chord (6th and 4th strings)

Em       G             C     G         D
There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, a memory
         G           C           G                D      (Em C G D
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories      twice)
         G             C     G         D
There is fiction in the space between you and reality
          G             C         G         D
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seem less
mundane
         G             C     G       D      ( Em C G d twice )
There is fiction in the space between you and me.

         G             C     G       D
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
       G             C       G              D
A fabrication, grand scheme. I am the scary monster
        G            C           G              D
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
       G         C             G              D
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing.
( repeat Em C G d twice )

Bridge:
D                 C                G
Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak
D                           C       G
Back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
C           G            Em
Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between.
(Em 4 bars)

         G             C     G       D
There is fiction in the space between you and everybody
G          C             G             D
Give us all what we need. Give us one more sad, sordid story.
       G             C     G              D
In the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie 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)