Telling Story (Tracy Chapman)

Intro : Em (6eme et 4eme corde) 
   

Couplet :

       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 x2)

    Write it down but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories

              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 x2)

    There is fiction in the space between you and reality  
 Couplet :

                       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                                       

    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 x2)

    There is fiction in the space between you and reality
            G                      C           G           D
    Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
           G                 C              G              D                                            (Em / C / G / D x2)
    Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing

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 prosterity

       C                G                        Em

    Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between

(Em 4 bars)

Couplet :

              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                           (G / C / G / D)

                           sometimes a lie is the best thing

    Is the best thing
(Finir avec Em)