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[Verse 1]
G
 I don't wanna go
                           C
Where everybody knows your   name
G
 So I just stay at home
            C
Mm, anymore these days


[Pre-Chorus]
             G
'Cause every time I leave the house

I hear somebody ask about you

And I just can't bring myself to tell the truth about it
            C
So I tell a lie, mm
           G
Say you're doin' pretty good

And things are goin' like they should

And when I get back home tonight
                                            C
I'm gonna tell ya that they said to tell ya hi, mm-mm


[Chorus]
           D
'Cause the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'em
                                G
I don't wanna tell 'em what thе truth is
        D
Oh, the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'еm
                                G           C
I don't wanna tell 'em what the truth is


[Verse 2]
G
 It's so much easier
                                C
They don't know that we're just   friends
G
 Than goin' down that road
                     C
And losin' you all o - ver again


[Pre-Chorus]
            G
'Cause it's hard to live with knowin'

All the things I did and didn't do to keep you by my side

And I'm the reason for goodbye
               C
And why you're gone
       G
I just talk about the weather or whatever

Yeah, 'cause anything is better than discussin'
                            C
All the nothin' that we got goin' on

And that I'm barely hangin' on


[Chorus]
           D
'Cause the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'em
                                G
I don't wanna tell 'em what the truth is
        D
Oh, the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'em
                                G          C  G  C
I don't wanna tell 'em what the truth is


[Chorus]
        D
But the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'em
                                G
I don't wanna tell 'em what the truth is
        D
And the truth is, the truth is
C
I don't wanna tell 'em
                                G
I don't wanna tell 'em what the truth is


[Tag]
       G
(Every time I leave the house

I hear somebody ask about you

And I just can't bring myself to tell the truth about it
            C
So I tell a lie)

I don't wanna tell 'em

I don't wanna tell 'em
            G
(Say you're doin' pretty good

And things are goin' like they should

And when I get back home tonight
                                            C
I'm gonna tell ya that they said to tell ya hi)