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That's The Truth by Johnny Cash

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Intro:
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Verse 1: 
G                       G 
 Saw a girl in Tampa
I asked her for a date 
G                            G 
She said "Baby I'm a sailor, this thing better waits" 
       C7                    C7                     G      G 
I said "I don't believe you, would you show me some proof" 
    A                   D                            G      G 
She showed me her tattoo then I knew that that's the truth 


Verse 2:
G 
 Met a woman on a highway (that's the truth) 
G 
 By the exit sign (that's the truth) 
G                               G 
You'd bet your last dollar that she was forty-nine (that's the truth) 
        C7 
But she swore to me (that's the truth) 
     C7                   G                       G 
That she was still in her youth (that's the truth, that's the truth) 
     A 
When I turned down the lights (that's the truth) 
D                       G                       G 
 I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)

Verse 3: 
G                        G 
 Had a girl on a border
I guess she was shy (that's the truth) 
G                           G 
Never spoke a word in years, not even hi (that's the truth) 
    C7 
But one night she said "Honey (that's the truth) 
C7                     G                 G 
 We're gonna raise the roof" (that's the truth) 
        A 
She put on some dancin' shoes (that's the truth) 
D                            G                       G 
 Then I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth) 


Solo: 
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Verse 4: 
G                                 G 
 I knew a preacher's daughter, in fact I knew her well 
G                                      G 
He said "Son, you better ramble unless you've got somethin' to sell (that's the truth) 
        C7 
It's an eye for an eye (that's the truth) 
C7                 G                  G 
 And a tooth for a tooth" (that's the truth) 
          A 
He pulled out a forty-four (that's the truth) 
D                           G 
 Now I know that that's the truth (that's the truth) 
           G 
That's the truth (that's the truth) 


Outro: | A      | D      | G      | G      |