Tell ’em all I’m on va ca tion,

blow in’ say I went lar to vis it friends,

Tell ’em that you ain’t heard or seen from me in quite a while ’cause

when they ask you where I’ve (D)been.

Tell ’em I’m out on the west coast where it don’t (D)ev er rain

and that I’m prob ’ly do in’ (D)fine.

Just don’t tell ’em I’ve gone cra zy,

that I’m still strung out o ver you.

Tell ’em an y thing you want to, just don’t (E)tell ’em all the truth.

Yeah, don’t tell ’em all

the truth.

Tell ’em all I’m out in Ve gas,

blow in’ ev ’ry dol lar I ev er made.

Tell ’em that that I must be in to some thin’ bad for me ’cause

I sure lost a lot of (D)weight.

Tell ’em I’m out on the road with old rock and (D)roll er band,

and liv in’ like a gyp sy (D)can.

Just don’t tell ’em I’ve gone cra zy,

that I’m still strung out o ver you.

Tell ’em an y thing you want to, just don’t (E)tell ’em all the truth.

Yeah, don’t tell ’em all

the truth.

The (D)truth is that I’m ask in’ you to lie, and we both know that it ain’t right.

But if you ev er loved me, please have some mer cy on me,

(A)yeah.

Tell ’em an y thing you want to, just don’t (E)tell ’em all the truth.

Yeah, don’t tell ’em all

the truth.

I still need (A)you.

(E)Yeah, that’s (D)the truth.

(E)I still (D)love (A)you.

Ba (E)by, that’s (D)the truth.