Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Out of the west come a curious fool
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He tried to impress me with his furious cool
Ab
He lied from the start
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I knew just what he was trying.
Verse 2
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He lied to his mother
And lied to the rest
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He lied to his brother
Ab
Who loved him the best
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Ebm
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 3
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Ah, half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
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Eb
I say that half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
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I know half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
They never could be
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Eb
Half the lies he tells
Verse 4
you, they're not true.
Eb
You may come to the white house
Bb
You walk through the white door
Ab
You come to the corridor
of power
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You might slip on the white house floor.
Eb
You come to
Verse 5
the wrong,
Bb
to to the wrong floor
Ab
You come and see the wrong
people
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You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 6
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Watching a person
Watching a thief
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Watching a lover
Watching a leaf
Ab
You could watch what you want,
when you will
Verse 7
You can't watch a liar.
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You lied to your friend
You lied to you now
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Ab
Some lies, somehow
Verse 8
I believe he lies to my children.
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Ebm
Oh, half the lies
Gb
he tells you, they're not true
Ebm
I know half the lies he tells
Eb
you, they're not true
Ebm
They never could be
Eb
Half the lies he tells you,
they're not true.
Ebm
They never ever will be
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Verse 9
Eb
You may come to the white house
You walk through the white
door
You might step on the
corridor of power
Ebm
You might slip on the white
house floor.
Eb
You come to the wrong, du du the wrong floor
Verse 10
Eb
You come and see the wrong
people
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 11
Bb
Out of the west came a curious fool In
tent to impress me with his furious cool
Ab
He lied from the start
Eb
I knew just what he was trying to do.
Verse 12
He lied to his mother
He lied to the rest
Bb
He lied to the lovers
Ab
Who loved him the best
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Ebm
Fm
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 13
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Ebm
Bb
Oh, half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
Ebm
Believe it that half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
Ebm
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Half the lies he tells you,
Eb
they're not true.
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ebm
They never could be
Gb
Fm
Eb
Ebm
Eb
Half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
Ebm
Eb
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Ebm
I say half the lies he tells you,
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Ebm
they're not true
Gb
F
Eb
Ebm
Gb
F
Half the lies he tells you,
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Gb
Fm
F
Eb
Gb
Ebm
they're not true
Eb
Outro 1
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