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the guitar don't lie chords by Tony Joe White

  • Am

  • Em

  • F

  • C

  • E

  • D

  • Dm

Intro 1
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He sits all alone
Verse 1
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playing his guitar
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Out in the back of a little café
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And no one seems to hear
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so he closes his eyes
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And just lets the music
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take him away
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Verse 2
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Singing songs of love,
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songs of broken hearts
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And he's worn out his luck
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and his last pair of jeans
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But you keep going on when you're
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living on dreams
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And you feel it inside and the guitar don't lie
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Verse 3
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There's a lady he knows
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who often comes by
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She's a nice little girl and
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she's into the blues
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She requests the same song
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every night
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She says it reminds her of
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someone she knew
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Verse 4
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A trace of her perfume
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floats across the room
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Once they were close and they shared
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all their dreams
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But now all he feels is a physical thing
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They grow slowly apart and the guitar don't lie
Interlude 1
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Dm
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Some nights it gets cold
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and it
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makes him aware
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The time's moving on and
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it's slipping away
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And if you look close
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at his dark curly hair
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Under the lights the're
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traces of grey
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Verse 6
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He knows what it's all about
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feeling down and out
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Cause he's been there before
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and he's seen it all
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And you learn to survive with your
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back to the wall
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It's a crazy ol' life and the guitar don't lie
Outro 1
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