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G C - D Bm
1. If you search for tenderness
it isn't hard to find,
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you
can have the love you need to live.
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Bm
And if you look for
truthfulness you might just as well be blind,
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B7
it always
seems to be so hard to give.
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D B7 Em - D C D
G - B7
Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone
is so untrue,
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D B7
Em - D
C D G
- D
honesty is hardly ever heard, but mostly what I need from you.
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2. I can always find someone to say they sympathize,
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Em F#m - Am - D
if I
wear my heart out on my sleeve.
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Bm
But I don't want some pretty
face to tell me pretty lies,
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all I
want is someone to believe.
C D
B7 Em - D C D G
- B7
Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone
is so untrue,
C D
B7 Em - D C D G
honesty is hardly ever heard, but mostly what I need from you.
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D7
Em - B7
+ I can find a lover,
I can find a friend,
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I can have security until the
bitter end,
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G
anyone
can comfort me with promises again,
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D - B7 - C - D
I know, I kno..............w.
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3. When I'm deep inside of me, don't be too concerned
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F#m - Am - D
I won't ask for nothing while
I'm gone.
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Bm
When I want sincerity tell me
where else can I turn?
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F#
B7
’cause
you're the one that I depend upon.
C D
- B7 Em - D
C D G
- B7
Honesty is such a lonely
word, everyone is so untrue,
C D - B7 Em - D
C D G
honesty is hardly ever heard, but
mostly what I need from you.
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- C - D - G
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Billy Joel)