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Lyrics for Tell it Like it is by Heart

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Precious

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Jun 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/15/98
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Looking for these lyrics. Couldn't find them in a lyric list of their
songs.
thanks
P.


Todd & Sharon Peach

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Jun 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/15/98
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Picked these up somewhere along the way.....

If you want something to play with
Gm C7 F Fmaj7/C F6
Go and find yourself a toy
D7/F# C7/G Gm C7
Baby my time is too expensive
Gm C7 F Fmaj7/C F6
And I'm not a little boy
Am Dm
If you are serious
Am Dm
Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious
Am Bb
But if you want me to love you
C Bb/C Am/C
Then baby I will, girl you know I will

Verse 2:

C7
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I... know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me
Forget your foolish pride
Life is too short to have sorrow
We may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby go on and live

Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:

Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I... tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy

Tell it like it is... [fade]


Notes:

1) The above is the arrangement from the original single (Parlo 101);
a
much slower 1972 re-recording appears on far too many oldies comps.

2) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths. Over the C7/G...Gm...
etc.
progression it's:

1 1 1 1
xxx2x2 xxx0x0 xxx9x8 xxx9x8
want... some... with... your...

...; over the F Fmaj7/C F6 [D7/F#] it's all

xxx5x5

since the C and A are common to all of the chords.

3) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#dim, but careful listening
reveals
a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.

-Todd
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Todd & Sharon Peach
Seattle, Washington
tpe...@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/tpeach/NoPlaceLikeHome.htm
Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics: http://home1.gte.net/tpeach/music/Ella/Ella.htm

Arlene Gravelle

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Tell It Like It Is

- Artist: Aaron Neville
- peak Billboard position # 2 in 1967
- also charted by Andy Williams at # 72 in 1976
- also charted by Heart at # 8 in 1981
- Words and Music by George Davis and Lee Diamond


If you want something to play with

Go and find yourself a toy

Baby, my time is too expensive


And I'm not a little boy

If you are serious


Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious

But if want me to love you
Then, baby, I will, girl, you know I will

Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide

But I-I-I-I-I know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride

Life is too short to have sorrow

You may be here today and gone tomorrow


You might as well get what you want

So go on and live, baby, go on and live

Tell it like it is

I'm nothin' to play with, go and find yourself a toy
But I-I-I-I-I


Tell it like it is

My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy

FADE
Mm mm, tell it like it is


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