Tom: A
A E A D A D A D A E A
A D
On a steamer bound for Baltimore
A E
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
A E
Ducked into a bar for a couple a scoops
A D
Played some Texas-stud with a circus troop
A E A
And they cleaned me out of dough
E
Cleaned me out of dough
A E D A 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 A 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
A E
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
A E
On the way to Micronesia
A D
Got a bad case of amnesia
A E A
And forgot to say goodbye
E
Forgot to say goodbye
A E D A 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 A E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D A
It'll get 'em every time
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Stopped in Tajikistan on the way to Iran
Took a break in Jamaica to work on my tan
Swam from Cayo Fragoso to Carriacou
I climbed Machu Pichu in darkest Peru
Had a pint with the pope and played pool with the queen
She's good with a stick, if you know what I mean
I once had a job riding bulls in Montana
I taught Jimi Hendrix the Star-Spangled Banner
I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how
I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau
E
I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how
A E D A 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 A 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
A E
From a Congolese high-rollah
A D
Got deported from Angola
E A
To a castle on the Rhine
A D
Ask anyone that knew me
A E
The Emir of Bahrain sued me
A D
I was in some Blockbuster movie
A E A
And I didn't make a dime
A E D A 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 A 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 A 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 A E
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
D A
It'll get 'em every time
