On The Lie chords by The Goo Goo Dolls

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

🎸 Intro:

B E x6


🎸 Verse 1:
B          E
 He burned down the house one night
     B        G#m E
He had a loaded six-pack gun
       B
He said that Jesus Christ was
E

just like a cop You know you
B            G#m F# E F#
never know when they'll come


🎸 Verse 2:
B        E
 She said every day above ground
   B         G#m E
was another dream come true
      B
He said I'd hang and swap
  E
cliches all night But
  B        G#m F# E F#
I'm not in love with you


🎸 Refrain 1:
F#        G#m
 And I never got serious
  B        E
Til everything went black
F#        G#m
 And I ain't so curious
     B     E
That I'm ever going back


🎸 Chorus 1:
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie


🎸 Verse 3:
B
 He said man you
E
want to be Elvis
    B
I said I ain't
      G#m E
dying face down
      B
He said you gotta die
    E
facing up in the world
       B
cause there's too
      G#m F# E F#
many holes around


🎸 Verse 4:
B          E
 He asked what was wrong
         B
with me He said I looked
         G#m E
like a Hollywood girl
      B
I said that Hollywood can
       E
fall into the ocean man
        B
cause it's the ugliest
       G#m
place in the whole
F#  E   F#
wide world and



🎸 Refrain 1:
F#        G#m
 And I never got serious
  B        E
Til everything went black
F#        G#m
 And I ain't so curious
     B     E
That I'm ever going back


🎸 Chorus 2:
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    G#m
  On the lie


🎸 Instrumental:
E G#m F# x4

then

Guitar 🎸 Solo:
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F#


🎸 Chorus 3:
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie


Chorus 4/🎸 Outro:
B F#    E
  On the lie
B F#    E
  On the lie
   G#m
It's all been
  F#   E
a stinking lie



Chords Instructions:
B -  x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E -  022100