On The Lie chords by The Goo Goo Dolls

• Tuning: Standard EADGBe
• Key: B
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 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