Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
F
Out of the west come a curious fool
C
He tried to impress me with his furious cool
Bb
He lied from the start
F
I knew just what he was trying.
Verse 2
F
He lied to his mother
And lied to the rest
C
He lied to his brother
Bb
Who loved him the best
F
Fm
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 3
Ab
Fm
C
Ah, half the lies he tells you,
F
they're not true
Fm
F
I say that half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
Fm
I know half the lies he tells you,
F
they're not true
They never could be
Fm
F
Half the lies he tells
Verse 4
you, they're not true.
F
You may come to the white house
C
You walk through the white door
Bb
You come to the corridor
of power
Fm
You might slip on the white house floor.
F
You come to
Verse 5
the wrong,
C
to to the wrong floor
Bb
You come and see the wrong
people
F
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 6
F
Watching a person
Watching a thief
C
Watching a lover
Watching a leaf
Bb
You could watch what you want,
when you will
Verse 7
You can't watch a liar.
F
You lied to your friend
You lied to you now
C
Bb
Some lies, somehow
Verse 8
I believe he lies to my children.
F
Fm
Oh, half the lies
Ab
he tells you, they're not true
Fm
I know half the lies he tells
F
you, they're not true
Fm
They never could be
F
Half the lies he tells you,
they're not true.
Fm
They never ever will be
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Verse 9
F
You may come to the white house
You walk through the white
door
You might step on the
corridor of power
Fm
You might slip on the white
house floor.
F
You come to the wrong, du du the wrong floor
Verse 10
F
You come and see the wrong
people
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 11
C
Out of the west came a curious fool In
tent to impress me with his furious cool
Bb
He lied from the start
F
I knew just what he was trying to do.
Verse 12
He lied to his mother
He lied to the rest
C
He lied to the lovers
Bb
Who loved him the best
F
Fm
Gm
I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 13
F
Fm
C
Oh, half the lies he tells you,
F
they're not true
Fm
Believe it that half the lies he tells you,
F
they're not true
Fm
Csus4
Half the lies he tells you,
F
they're not true.
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Fm
They never could be
Ab
Gm
F
Fm
F
Half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
Fm
F
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Fm
I say half the lies he tells you,
F
Fm
they're not true
Ab
G
F
Fm
Ab
G
Half the lies he tells you,
F
Ab
Gm
G
F
Ab
Fm
they're not true
F
Outro 1
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Fm
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