Guessing Game

Capo 3rd fret (or Capo 2nd fret for Purple Tape)
                                                  
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|--2--2----3--3-----------------x---2---|
|-----3-------------------------3-------|
(4x instrumental as intro)
I could be trembling when I talk you
I could be making up all sorts of things that are not true
I could tell a half truth, but I cannot tell a lie

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|-----3-------------------------0----|
I could tell a story that ten feet high

(5/8 time)
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|--0--0-------------|
|-2--3--------------|
|---------3s2s0-----| (4x) 
                                                            
|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------0------|--2-3----3-----|
|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------3-----|
|--0------0------|--0------0------|--0------0------|--2------0-----|
|--0------2------|--0------2------|--0------2------|---------0-----|
|--2------2------|--2------2------|--2------2------|---------2-----|
|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------0------|---------3-----|
My stomach flutters & I feel sometimes ashamed, I’m a castle with the broken shutters & this is not a guessing game [repeat]

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|--2--2----3--3-----------------x---2---|
|-----3-------------------------3-------|
(2x instrumental)
Oh, I could make a plea so that you & I could be we
I could say oh its a must that you & I should be us
All the answers I would guess & you would be so so impressed

 
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but I would never get a yes cause I have the guts to

(5/8 time)
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|----0--0------(0)--|
|--0--0-------------|
|-2--3--------------|
|---------3s2s0-----| (8x) 
guess

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|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------3-----|
|--0------0------|--0------0------|--0------0------|--2------0-----|
|--0------2------|--0------2------|--0------2------|---------0-----|
|--2------2------|--2------2------|--2------2------|---------2-----|
|--3------0------|--3------0------|--3------0------|---------3-----|
My stomach flutters & I feel sometimes ashamed, I’m a castle with broken shutters & this is not a guessing game [repeat]

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|-----0-------0------2---2------0-------|
|-----0-------0------0---0------0-------|
|--2--2----3--3-----------------x---2---|
|-----3-------------------------3-------|
(4x instrumental)
I could be listening but this is not a guessing game
I guess all the answers, but this is not the same
I could be trembling, oh I could be afraid

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|--2--2----3--3-----------------2----|
|-----3-------------------------0----|
I could be wallowing wallowing when y'all think I’ve got it made

(5/8 time)
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|----0--0------(0)--|
|--0--0-------------|
|-2--3--------------|
|---------3s2s0-----| (repeat and fade) 


Adapted from transcription of Téa Smith (tealou@iinet.net.au)
by Jocelyn Pierpont (jociep@hotmail.com)
www.angelfire.com/co3/trinity/lisa.html 

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