Ugly Truth chords by Lucinda Williams

🎸 Intro:

G  Am  C  G  Am  C  G

🎸 Verse 1:
G                                Am
Hide your background, hide your fame
           C            G
Hide your given middle name
                                  Am
Swallow your pride, swallow your pills
          C              G
In your house up in the hills

🎸 Verse 2:
G                               Am
Leave your husband, leave your wife
         C                  G
Keep on runnin' your whole life
                           Am
Sweep your dirt under the rug
          C                  G
Fix your hurt with a little love

🎸 Chorus:
           C
From the cradle to the grave
           G
You will always be a slave
        Am            C             G
To the quiet darkness of your memories
                C
And that's the truth my friend
          G
The ugly truth my friend
          Am              C
I've got proof my friend
                G
And that's the truth

Am  C  G

🎸 Verse 3:
G                         Am
Keep your secrets to yourself
           C                     G
Keep your paperbacks up on the shelf
                               Am
Burn your bridges, burn your friends
          C                G
Blow em kisses and make amends

🎸 Verse 4:
G                               Am
Take the high road or take the low
            C                      G
No one but you and God will ever know
                                  Am
And you might play rough, win or lose
        C                        G
Either way love, you'll get the blues

🎸 Chorus:
           C
From the cradle to the grave
           G
You will always be a slave
        Am            C             G
To the quiet darkness of your memories
                C
And that's the truth my friend
          G
The ugly truth my friend
          Am              C
I've got proof my friend
                G
And that's the truth

🎸 Outro:
Am  C  G