be You had some thing to hide.
Should ’ve (Cm7)hid den it, should n’t you?
(Cm7)Now you’re not ways sat is fied
it could with (Cm7)what you’re be ing put through.
It’s just time to pay the price for not lis ten ing to ad vice.
De (Bb)cid ing in your youth on the pol i cy of truth.
Things could be You so diff ’rent now.
hide.
It used (Cm7)to be so civ i lized.
(Cm7)You will not ways won der how
it could have (Cm7)been if you’d on ly lied.
It’s too late to change e vents.
It’s time to face the con se quence for (Bb)de liv er the proof in the pol i cy of truth.
Things could (Eb)Nev er a gain is what you swore the time be fore.
(Eb)Nev er a gain is what you swore the time be fore.
Now you’re stand ing there, tongue tied.
You’d bet ter learn your les son well.
Hide what you have to hide,
and tell what you have to tell.
You’ll see your prob lems mul ti plied if you con tin ual ly de cide to (Bb)faith ful ly pur sue the pol i cy of truth.
(Eb)Nev er a gain, is what you swore the time be fore.
(Eb)Nev er a gain, is what you swore the time be fore.
(Cm7)Nev er a gain, is what you swore the time be fore.
(Cm7)Nev er a gain, is what you swore the time be fore.
This page shows “Policy Of Truth” by Depeche Mode in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of F at 114 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.