Marillion – Especially True (Guitar Acoustic)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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from “Happiness Is the Road” (2008) [Intro] Am F C E x2 Am [Verse 1]
  F                       C
I gazed upon you from the bleachers

  Am                     D
A creature so foreign to me

         F                              C
With the stars and the stripes wrapped around you

     D
Well how could I know there was England below?

  F                    C
I gazed upon you and I wondered

     Am                      D
Cheerleader with hair of red flame

    F                             C
But that was first glance - I saw only the dance

        D
And the distance from New York to Yorkshire
[Chorus 1]
Am                              F
Truth's always stranger than fiction

    C                    E
And here it's especially true

Am                       F
Here in the home of Miss USA

C                          E            Am
What's a wide-eyed English boy going to do?
[Verse 2]
  F                     C
I never knew much about baseball

          Am                   D
But I was quick with the US cliché

    F                       C
The crowd gave a roar and I don't know what for

    D
The Major League rules get me so confused
[Chorus 2]
Am                              F
Truth's always stranger than fiction

    C                      E
The cheerleader showed me around

Am                        F
You with the heart of the USA

    C                      E
And me with the spite of a small English town
[Interlude] F C F G x2 [Bridge]
F       C    F     C       F          Em
Central Park after dark is safe these days

  F              G        Am
Depending on the game you play

 Am
America. House of Blues

            Am
What do you know? Gimme the news

 Am
America. Shock and awe

Am
Not any more

 Am
America I'm ready for you

        Am
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do

        Am
Tell me what to do