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                           TRUE - Concrete Blonde
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Written by: J.Napolitano/J.Mankey
CD: "Concrete Blonde"           (1986, I.R.S. Records)
    "Recollection:The Best Of Concrete Blonde"  (1996, I.R.S. Records)

Tabbed by: Anne Drury   (zerofret)
Email: zerofret_ad @hotmail.com
Date: August 7, 2006

INTRO:

   A                               B                                   C#m
 E -0---------0---0=|=----------0---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2---4=|
 B -2---------2---2=|=----------2---4=|=----4-----4---4=|=----4-----4---5=|
 G -2---------2---2=|=----------2---4=|=----4-----4---4=|=----4-----4---6=|
 D -2---------2---2=|=----------2---4=|=----4-----4---4=|=----4-----4---6=|
 A -0---------0---0=|=----------0---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2---4=|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .

   C#m                                 B
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B ---14^sr^sr^(15)=|=r14-----14^(15)-|-(15)r14--12-12~-|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   A                                   B                               C#m
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4=|
 B ---14^sr^sr^(15)=|=r14-----14^(15)-|-(15)r14--12-12~-|---------------5=|
 G ---14^wr^wr^(16)=|=r14-------------|-----------------|---------------6=|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------6=|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4=|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                                           Well, when I've

1ST VERSE:

      C#m C#sus2  B         Bsus2   A                                  C#m
 E =----4---4-4---2=|=----2---2-2---0=|=----0-----0---0=|=----0-----0---4=|
 B =----5---4-5---4=|=----4---2-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2---5=|
 G =----6---6-6---4=|=----4---4-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2---6=|
 D =----6---6-6---4=|=----4---4-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2---6=|
 A =----4---4-4---2=|=----2---2-2---0=|=----0-----0---0=|=----0-----0---4=|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   had enough I'll
               get a pick-up truck and I'll drive away,       I'll take my


          C#sus2  B         Bsus2   A
 E =----4---4-4---2=|=----2---2-2---0=|=----0-----0---0=|=----0-----0-----|
 B =----5---4-5---4=|=----4---2-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2-----|
 G =----6---6-6---4=|=----4---4-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2-----|
 D =----6---6-6---4=|=----4---4-4---2=|=----2-----2---2=|=----2-----2-----|
 A =----4---4-4---2=|=----2---2-2---0=|=----0-----0---0=|=----0-----0-----|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   last ten bucks just as far as it will go,                           Ah,


   A                 G#m               A                 G#m
 E -------12-----12-|-11--------------|-------12-----12-|-11--------------|
 B -14-------14-----|-----12----------|----14----14-----|-----12----------|
 G -----------------|--------13~------|-----------------|--------13~------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   sometimes I'm easily fooled, I take a painful step &
                                                   I get knocked back two


   A                 G#m       G#m Gm  F#m
 E -------12-----12-|11---------11-10-|--9--------------|---------9-------|
 B ----14----14-----|----12-----12-11-|-10--------------|-----------10----|
 G -----------------|-------13--13-12-|-11--------------|------11------11-|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
      I  do  all  I  can and it's all I can do,                    But I'm

   E
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -----0-----------|-0---------------|-----0-----------|-0---------------|
 G -----4-----------|-4---------------|-----4-----------|-4---------------|
 D -----2-----------|-2---------------|-----2-----------|-2---------------|
 A -----2------2h4--|-2---------------|-----2------2h4--|-2---------------|
 E -0---0-----------|-0-----------4\--|-0---0-----------|-0---------------|
   true


2ND VERSE:   (played same as 1st Verse, except last line)

And if I had the choice I'd take the voice I got
'Cause it was hard to find
You know, I've come too far to wind up right back where I started
Ah, they tell me who I should be
I'll never let the monkeys make a mess of me
I give all I can and it's all I can do
But I'm

   E
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -----0-----------|-0---------------|-----0-----------|-0---------------|
 G -----4-----------|-4---------------|-----4-----------|-4---------------|
 D -----2-----------|-2---------------|-----2-----------|-2---------------|
 A -----2------2h4--|-2------/4-2-----|-----2------2h4--|-2---------------|
 E -0---0-----------|-0-----------4^q-|-0---0-----------|-0---------------|
   true


BRIDGE:

   C                                   E                            D
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -5---------------|-----5h8-5---7---|-7/(9)--9---9----|-----------7-----|
 G -----------------|-----------------|----------9----9-|-----------7-----|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9-------9-------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   One more sunset,  lay my head down,      True

   C                                   E
 E -3---------------|-----------------|-------10--------|-----------------|
 B -5---------------|---------5---7---|7/(9)-----9-9----|-----------------|
 G -5---------------|-----------------|---------------9-|-----------------|
 D -5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9---------------|
 A -3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   One more sunrise,  open my eyes up,      True


3RD VERSE:   (played same as 2nd Verse)

And then they talk you up and then they talk you down
And you begin to doubt
Sometimes the reasons seem so very far away
Ah, but I'd stop breathing the day
That if I can't walk proud I'd rather walk away
I do all I can and it's all I can do
Oh, I'm true


   A                 G#m       G#m Gm  F#m
 E -------12-----12-|11---------11-10-|--9--------------|---------9-------|
 B ----14----14-----|----12-----12-11-|-10--------------|-----------10----|
 G -----------------|-------13--13-12-|-11--------------|------11------11-|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
      I'd give all I am and I'd give it to you

   E
 E -----7-----------|-------7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -----9-----------|-----------9-----|-9\(5)--5--------|-----------------|
 G -----9-----------|-----------------|--------4--------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|---------------9-|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------2h4--|
 E -0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   True                                                                So

   E
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -----0-----------|-0---------------|-----0-----------|-0---------------|
 G -----4-----------|-4---------------|-----4-----------|-4---------------|
 D -----2-----------|-2---------------|-----2-----------|-2---------------|
 A -----2------2h4--|-2------/4-2-----|-----2-----------|-2---------------|
 E -0---0-----------|-0-----------4^q-|-0---0------0h4--|-0---------------|
   true

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Notes:
-For the first two staves of the verse, there's not enough room to put in
 all the chord changes above the staff, so pay close attention to the tab
 itself for the changes (eg. in the first measure of the verse, the chord
 progression is C#m/C#sus2/C#m/B, but the 2nd C#m isn't written above the
 staff because there's not enough room).
-4/4 time -- dots (...) under a staff show where the downbeats (1234) fall

^...bend (w=whole tone,s=semi,q=quarter)   =...hold note
r...release bend                           /...slide up
h...hammer on                              \...slide down

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)