The Truth Comes Out

Dm
the truth comes out as the fire 
burns low

C
It comes to light as only embers 
glow

Bb                             
the whiskey talks, the west wind 
                Dm      C
moans in the night


Dm
the deadfall's gathered and the 
branches are cut

C
kindling crackles and the smoke 
curls up

Bb                            
the small sticks catch then the 
                       Dm     C
bigger stuff will burn

chinook dies down as the dark 
descends
pine has burned, the ash has 
cleansed
Continues after the ad
the message smolders, is lost, but 
finally sent

connie says she's never seen the 
cougars so bold
they're comin in the yard and 
they're stealin young colts
they drag em in the brush with the 
claws sunk in their nose

the weather's been funny thirty 
years or so
the winters got warm, not as much 
snow
hear the big cats comin cuz there's 
nowhere left to go

you gotta look out for bear when 
you’re fishing on lee’s creek
they’ll come round the bend and 
they’ll make your knees weak
there’s grizzlies where there was no
 grizzly bears before


BDA K Dm C Bb Dm C X2

half heard voices from the ghosts, 
from the graves
the grandfathers tell us at the 
mouths of the caves
only old chiefs older than jesus can
 save us now, if we're lucky

white man light a big fire, stay 
cold
the red man's warmer, but the old 
man's old

Bb                                
the antelope seeks the buffalo in 
       Dm
the night

Bb                                
the antelope mourns the buffalo in
       F      C  Am  Dm
 the night

you gotta look out for bear when 
you’re fishing on lee’s creek
they’ll come round the bend and 
they’ll make your knees weak
there’s grizzlies where there was no
 grizzly bears before

Dm
the truth comes out as the fire 
burns low
C
It comes to light as only embers 
glow
Bb                                
the antelope mourns the buffalo in
      Dm     C     Bb   Dm
 the night