Telling Stories Uke tab by Tracy Chapman

Intro :

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1st Verse/chorus :
           Em                        C   G                 D
There is a fiction in the space between, lines on a page a memory
         Em                  C           G                  D
Write it down but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories



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2nd Verse/chorus :
           Em                        C G          D
There is a fiction in the space between you and reality
          Em               C               G                   D
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seems less mundane
           Em                        C G        D
There is a fiction in the space between you and me 



[Em][C][G][D]  X2



3rd Verse/chorus :
                  Em                        C G        D
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
       Em             C       G              D
A fabrication a grand scheme, I am the scary monster
        Em                    C           G                  D
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
       Em                    C          G               D
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing



[Em][C][G][D]  X2



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



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4th Verse/chorus :
         Em                      C   G        D
there is fiction in the space between you and everybody
Em                  C             G               D
Give us all what we need, give us one more sad sordid story
       Em                      C    G             G/F#>let ring 
In the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie is the best thing
Em    C   G              G/F#>let ring
          sometimes a lie is the best thing
Em    C   G     D
                   is the best thing
Em    C   G     D
                   is the best thing


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# Ending :
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