I Know the Truth

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Available on the Album Aida

D - Em - D/F# - G - A7

Bm             Em
How have I come to this
A               D
How did I slip and fall
Gmaj7                            A
How did I throw half a lifetime away
                       D               G/D  D  A7/C#
Without any thought at all

This should've been my time
It's over, it never began
Facing a world, for once not on my side
I simply turned and ran

C/E      D7/F#         G
I try to blame it on fortune
A7/G                                F#m
Some kind of shift in the stars
Bm                                     Em
But I know the truth and it haunts me
A7                              D
I learned it a little too late

C/E           D7/F#                    G
I know the truth and it mocks me
A7/G                            F#      Bm
I know the truth and it shocks me
Em               A           G/D   D
It's flown just a little too far

D - Em - D/F# - G - A7--demo version only

In AIDA soundtrack this point goes down 5 half steps

People have faith in me
I think I once did too
I promise whoever has a hold on our lives
I'll see the bad times through

This should have been my time
It's over, it never began
Facing a world, for once not on my side
I simply turned and ran

C/E       D7/F           G        
I try to blame it on fortune
A/G                                 F#m
Some kind of shift in the stars
Bm                                    Em
But I know the truth and it haunts me
A                                    D
It's flown just a little too far

C/E            D7/F            G
I know the truth and it mocks me
A/G                              F#    Bm
I know the truth and it shocks me
                        Em    A                      Dsus4    D
It's flown just a little, just a little too far

AIDA VERSION BACK TO NORMAL

C/E      D7/F#         G
I try to blame it on fortune
A7/G                               F#m
Some kind of twist in my fate
Bm                                     Em
But I know the truth and it haunts me
A7                               Dsus4 D
I learned it a little too late

C/E            D7/F#          G
I know the truth and it mocks me
A7/G                            F#      Bm
I know the truth and it shocks me
Em                    A           G/D   D
It's flown just a little too far

Em - D/F# - G - A7 - D