E             A             B    
Telling the truth can be dangerous business. 
E             A             B 
Honest and popular don't go hand in hand. 
E             A             B 
If you admit that you can play the accordion, 

E             A             F#          B 
No one'll hire you in a rock 'n' roll band. 
  

E             A             B 
But we can sing our hearts out (all night) 
E             A             B 
And if we're lucky, then no neighbors complain. 
E             A             B 
Nobody knows where the beginning part starts out (sing all right) 
E             A             B 
But being human we can live with the pain. 
  
E                    A    
Because life is the way we audition for God; 
E                    A 
Let us pray that we all get the job. 
  
E             A              B 
Cryin' out loud gets you pointed and laughed at 
E             A              B 
Be like a baby. Only babies should cry. . . 
E             A              B 
Somebody tell me how that rumor got started. 
E             A              F#         B 
Some things I know that only God knows why. 
  
E             A              B 
But we can sing our hearts out (all night) 
E             A              B 
And if we're lucky, then no neighbors complain. 
E             A              B 
Nobody knows where the beginning part start