To Be True Chords by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass

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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ My [Am] _ _
heart's [C] yours, I'm at your command
[Am] _ _
Girl [C] I need you here beside [Dm] me _
Just to [C] love and _ understand
[Am] _ _ _
Cause at night, [C] when I lay down [F] in my bed _
[C] _ [Am] Girl I [Em] reach for you, [F] but you're never there
[C] You're never [Am] there
Sometimes [Em] I find it [F] hard to [Am] control
_ [D] This fire burning, [Dm] burning deep down [C] in my soul
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] It's [F] such a [Em] hard thing to do
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C]
Especially [Am] when there's so many [Dm] girls
Out there looking [F] at you
And I'm trying to keep [Ab] my mind on it
[F] _
[C] My life _ [Am] is _ _
[Dm] [Em] yours, girl I give it to [Am] you
But [F] I don't like giving, [Dm] I can't stand
Giving something [Em] that you can't use
[C] _ [Am] _ _
Girl I'm confused, [Em] I don't know [F] which way to go
[G] [Am] Stay or leave, [Em] which one [F] will hurt me more
[G] [Am] Girl I [Em] need someone [Am] to have at home
[D] Cause when my love comes down
[F] Girl you ain't [C] nowhere [F] around
To be true, to be [Dm] true
It's such a [B] hard [Em] thing to do
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm]
Especially [F] when there's so many _ [Dm] girls
Out there [F] looking at you
Looking for [Fm] something to _ [Dm]
do
[Am] To be true, to be [Dm] true
It's [B] such a hard [Em] thing to do
_ [Am] It's [Gm]
[C] harder [Am] every time I turn [Dm] around _
Girl they're [F] saying hey you
Don't you [Ab] want something to do
[F] _
To be true, [Am] to be true
[Dm] _ It's such a hard [Em] thing to do
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[F] Especially when there's so many [Dm] girls
Making [F] eyes at you
_ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _
To be [F] true
You know, [Dm] _
I wish there was some way
That I [Em] could make you understand that
[Am] I [Gm] swear I love you
[C] [Am] But I swear baby, you [Dm] don't
You just don't leave me much choice
[F] You _ [Ab] know it's been said
[Dm]
It's been said [Am] absence makes the heart [Dm] grow fonder
But [Em] _ leave me out here all [C] alone
[Dm] Like this here
[C] _ [Am] I'd like to let you [Dm] know this here baby
Leave [F] me
Too much [Ab] absence
Go make [A] the man want me
Oh, [Am] it's real hard
[Dm] It's [F] a [B] hard thing [C] to [Em] do
So [C] hard for me [Am] to [C] do
Especially [F] when there's so many [Dm] girls
_ Out there looking at you
I'm [A] trying to keep [Ab] my eye on [F] you
[C] I need you here beside [F] me
[Dm] Girl I know [Am] you can see
[C] You're everything, you're everything girl
You're everything to me _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _