Gaelic Storm - Don't Let the Truth Get in the Way (of a Good Story)

      
 
                      A          D 
 On a steamer bound for Baltimore
         E                        A           
 I said, that's no fun, I've been there before
      A              D        
 So I jumped ship in Singapore
        E             A 
 With a cook from Mexico
 A             D             
 Got a bowl of shark-fin soup
        E                A              
 Ducked into a bar for a couple a scoops
 A                             D           
 Played some Texas-stud with a circus troop
          E                 A    
 And they cleaned me out of dough
 E                           
 They cleaned me out of dough
 
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                    E    
 No harm, no foul, no crime
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                   A   
 It'll get 'em every time
 
    A                  D          
 At dawn they all went back to bed
   E            A        
 I went to Borneo instead
       A                      D            
 Had a hair-of-the dog for my shrunken head
          E         A     
 With the Sultan of Brunei
       A              D      
 Had a small bit of a seizure
        E           A    
 On the way to Micronesia
       A             D    
 Got a bad case of amnesia
        E              A  
 And forgot to say goodbye
 E                    
 Forgot to say goodbye
 
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                    E    
 No harm, no foul, no crime
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                   A   
 It'll get 'em every time
 
 A                                       
 Stopped in Tajikistan on the way to Iran
 A                                        
 Took a break in Jamaica to work on my tan
 A                                  
 Swam from Cayo Fragoso to Carriacou
 A                                    
 I climbed Machu Pichu in darkest Peru
 A                                                      
 Had a pint with the pope and played pool with the queen
 A                                               
 She's good with a stick, if you know what I mean
 A                                       
 I once had a job riding bulls in Montana
 A                         E                   
 I taught Jimi Hendrix the Star-Spangled Banner
 A                                  
 I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
 A                        E                 
 I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how
 A                                  
 I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
 A                        E                 
 I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how
 
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                    E    
 No harm, no foul, no crime
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                   A   
 It'll get 'em every time
 
           A             D   
 Bought an ice cold Coca-Cola
 E A 
   
       A             D   
 Got deported from Angola
      E             A    
 To a castle on the Rhine
     A           D      
 Ask anyone that knew me
      E              A      
 The Emir of Bahrain sued me
       A                D    
 I was in a Blockbuster movie
       E             A   
 And I didn't make a dime
 
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                    E    
 No harm, no foul, no crime
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                   A   
 It'll get 'em every time
 
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                    E    
 No harm, no foul, no crime
 A             E                D      E           
 Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
 D                   A   
 It'll get 'em every time