Key: A major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
Out of the west come a curious fool
B
He tried to impress me with his furious cool
A
He lied from the start
E
I knew just what he was trying.
Verse 2
E
He lied to his mother
And lied to the rest
B
He lied to his brother
A
Who loved him the best
E
Em
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 3
G
Em
B
Ah, half the lies he tells you,
E
they're not true
Em
E
I say that half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
Em
I know half the lies he tells you,
E
they're not true
They never could be
Em
E
Half the lies he tells
Verse 4
you, they're not true.
E
You may come to the white house
B
You walk through the white door
A
You come to the corridor
of power
Em
You might slip on the white house floor.
E
You come to
Verse 5
the wrong,
B
to to the wrong floor
A
You come and see the wrong
people
E
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 6
E
Watching a person
Watching a thief
B
Watching a lover
Watching a leaf
A
You could watch what you want,
when you will
Verse 7
You can't watch a liar.
E
You lied to your friend
You lied to you now
B
A
Some lies, somehow
Verse 8
I believe he lies to my children.
E
Em
Oh, half the lies
G
he tells you, they're not true
Em
I know half the lies he tells
E
you, they're not true
Em
They never could be
E
Half the lies he tells you,
they're not true.
Em
They never ever will be
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Verse 9
E
You may come to the white house
You walk through the white
door
You might step on the
corridor of power
Em
You might slip on the white
house floor.
E
You come to the wrong, du du the wrong floor
Verse 10
E
You come and see the wrong
people
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 11
B
Out of the west came a curious fool In
tent to impress me with his furious cool
A
He lied from the start
E
I knew just what he was trying to do.
Verse 12
He lied to his mother
He lied to the rest
B
He lied to the lovers
A
Who loved him the best
E
Em
F#m
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 13
E
Em
B
Oh, half the lies he tells you,
E
they're not true
Em
Believe it that half the lies he tells you,
E
they're not true
Em
Bsus4
Half the lies he tells you,
E
they're not true.
B
A
E
B
A
E
Em
They never could be
G
F#m
E
Em
E
Half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
Em
E
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Em
I say half the lies he tells you,
E
Em
they're not true
G
F#
E
Em
G
F#
Half the lies he tells you,
E
G
F#m
F#
E
G
Em
they're not true
E
Outro 1
Em
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Em
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