From the recording Silver Clouds
Jim Howell: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums
Loren Dircks: electric guitars
Michael P. Nordberg: bass
Tim Gallagher: pedal steel
Lyrics
Three chords and the truth
Im not tryin to be rude
Get behind whatcha feel
Sing me something that's real
Don't wanna hear about a pick-up truck
Floatin’ a river and you're so dang drunk
We can dig the girls in cut-off jeans
can't cha find some new lyrical means
Three chords and the truth
Im not tryin to be rude
Get behind whatcha feel
Sing me something that's real
Not impressed by your shoe-gaze strum
Half-hearted sloppy band and ham-fist drums
Its sharp to wear a pearl-snap shirt
How 'bout a tight shuffle first
Three chords and the truth
Im not tryin to be rude
Get behind whatcha feel
Sing me something that's real
And if you’re singing a bridge
Try a six or a three
But don’t take it from me
Just two-five an’a chorus repeat
Three chords and the truth
Im not tryin to be rude
Get behind whatcha feel
Play me something that's real