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(CN.C.)Tell me it’s not true.
Say it’s just a sto
ry.
(Am)Some thing on the (Bb)news.
(F)Tell me it’s not (Bb)true,
(F)though it’s here be (Bb)fore
(C)me.
(Am)Say it’s just a (Dm)dream,
(C)say it’s just a (F)scene,
from an old mo vie from years a (C)go,
(F)from an old mo vie with Ma ri lyn Mon (C)roe.
(F)Say it’s (Am)just some (Bb)clowns,
two (F)play ers (Am)in the (Bb)lime
(C)light, and (Am)bring the cur tain (Bb)down.
(F)Say it’s (Am)just two (Bb)clowns,
who (F)could n’t (Am)get their (Bb)lines
(C)right.
(Am)Say it’s just a (Dm)show
(C)on the ra di (F)o, that (F)we can turn o ver and start a (C)gain.
That (F)we can turn (Bb)o (F)ver; it’s on ly a (C)game.
(F)Tell me (Am7)it’s not (Bb)true.
(F)Say I (Am7)on ly (Bb)dreamed
(C)it and (Am)morn ing will come soon.
(F)Tell me (Am7)it’s not (Bb)true.
(F)Say you (Am7)did n’t (Bb)mean
(C)it.
(Am)Say it’s just pre (Dm)tend.
(C)Say it’s just the (F)end
of an old (Bb)mo (F)vie from years a (C)go,
(F)from an old (Bb)mo (F)vie with Ma ri lyn Mon (C)roe.
(F)Tell me (Am7)it’s not (Bb)true.
(F)Say I (Am7)on ly (Bb)dreamed
(C)it and (Am)morn ing will come soon.
(F)Tell me (Am7)it’s not (Bb)true.
(F)Say you (Am7)did n’t (Bb)mean
(C)it.
(Am)Say it’s just pre (Dm)tend.
(C)Say it’s just the (F)end
of an old (Bb)mo (F)vie from years a (C)go,
(F)from an old (Bb)mo (F)vie with Ma ri lyn Mon (C)roe.
(C)- roe.
This page shows “Tell Me It's Not True (From Blood Brothers)” by Willy Russell 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 Bb at 90 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.