| D | A | |
| 1. They | say that I'm the kind of person who alw | ays speaks my mind. |
| 2. I wish that I was stronger I could tell them that you've gone. |
| A7 | D | |
| To me there's nothing stronger then the t | ruth. |
| But that's one thing that I may never do. |
| D | A | |
| You can ask me almost anything and I'll te | ll you like it is. |
| If they want to hear about our love and how it all went wrong. |
| A7 | D | |
| But darli | n' when they ask me about y | ou. |
| Then darlin' they will just have to talk to you. |
| Chorus: |
| D | G | D | |
| I tell it like it u | se to be When you were still in l | ove with me |
| A | Bm | A | |
| Before you got to u | se to me and wa | nted someone | new |
| G | D | |
| I tell it like it ou | ght to be 'cause how it is is kil | ling me |
| A | G | A | D | |
| When they ask about y | ou and me I t | ell it like it u | se to | be. |