Misc Musicals – Hadestown - If Its True (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bbm Gb Fm Gb [Verse 1]
Bbm
  If it’s true what they say

Gb
  If there’s nothing to be done

Fm
  If it’s true that it’s too late

Gb
  And the girl I love is gone

Bbm
  If it’s true what they say

Gb
{spoken}
Is this how the world is?
Fm            Gb
To beaten and betrayed
And then be told that nothing changes?
                Bbm
It’ll always be like this

Ab                          Gb
  If it’s true what they say

Bbm     Ab    Gb
I’ll be on my way
[Chorus]
Bbm Ab           Gb
     And the boy turned to go

Bbm Ab                  Gb
    Cause he thought no one could hear

Bbm Ab            Gb
    But everybody knows the walls have ears

Bbm
    And the workers heard him
(If it’s true what they say)
Gb
     With their hammers swinging
(What’s the purpose of a man?)
Fm
     And they quit their workin’
(Just to turn his eyes away?)
Gb
     When they heard him singing
(Just to throw up both his hands?)
Bbm
     No hammer swinging
(What’s the use of his backbone)
Gb
     No pickaxe ringin’
(If he never stands upright?)
Fm
     And they stood and listened
(If he turns his back on everyone)
Gb
     To the poor boy singing

                            Bbm
(That he could’ve stood beside)
[Verse 2]
        Ab             Gb
If it’s true what they say

Bbm      Ab    Gb
 I’ll be on my way

    Bbm     Ab      Gb
But who are they to say

         Fm          Bbm
What the truth is anyway?

                               Gb
Cause the ones who tell the lies

        Gb
Are the solemnest to swear

Fm                               Gb
   And the ones who load the dice

               Ab
Always say the toss is fair
[Chorus]
Bbm
  And the ones who deal the cards

Gb
  Are the one who play the tricks

Fm
  With their hands over their hearts

Gb
  While we play the game they fix

Bbm
  And the ones who speak the words

Gb
  Always say it is the last

Fm
  And no answer will be heard

Gb
  To the question no one asks

Bbm      Ab             Gb
  So I’m askin’ if it’s true

Bbm             Gb
  I’m askin’ me and you

    F
And you

Bbm
  I believe our answer matters more than
[Outro]
Db
anything they say

Fm
  I believe if there is still a will

     Db
Then there is still a way

Gb
  I believe there is a way

Bbm
  I believe in us together

                     Db
More than anyone alone

Fm
  I believe that with each other, we’re

Db
stronger than we know

Gb
  I believe we’re stronger than they know

Bbm
  I believe that we are many

                             Db
  I believe that they are few

B
  And it isn’t for the few

                            Gb
To tell the many what is true
So I ask you:
Bbm
  If it’s true what they say

Db
  I’ll be on my way

B
  Tell me what to do

Gb
Is it true?
Is it true what they say? Bb