The Lie chords by Lukas Nelson

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: C

Verse 1:
C                                     Am
I can hear the whisper of a windswept song
G                       F
Quietly begging to come home
C                                          Am
Everybody loves you when you kill yourself slowly
G                                          F
Nobody cares if you can't carry holy water spilling
                                C
Oil wells drilling, chains on a trailer
        Am                       F
Anybody willing to sell a little time
             G
Make a quick dime

Chorus:
C                                  Am
Come here, kid, here's a story for you
G                          F
You're defined by what you do
C                                         Am
No one ever made it stayin' home with the kids
       G                                  F
And if you ain't winnin', you ain't worth shit
Dm                                       G
Peace of mind comes when you're dead and gone
                                   C    F   C  F
If you can't see that, you don't belong


Verse 2:
C                                      Am
Simple soul turned to a spinning black hole
G                                   F
Sucking in the light 'til spacetime folds
C                                 Am
Have a big time 'til you feel all empty
G                                    F
Inside out and, oh, so lonely in the middle
F
World's smallest fiddle
           C                         Am
Don't feel right, kinda worries me a little
           F                    G
It'll be alright 'cause kingdom come


Chorus:
C                                  Am
Come here, kid, here's a story for you
G                          F
You're defined by what you do
C                                         Am
No one ever made it stayin' home with the kids
       G                                  F
And if you ain't winnin', you ain't worth shit
Dm                                       G
Peace of mind comes when you're dead and gone
                                   C    F   C   F
If you can't see that, you don't belong


Verse 3:
C                        Am
Imagery meant to rile me up
G                             F
Now, I gotta buy me a big new truck
C                            Am
Everybody out there wants my blood
    Am
But I'm just a big ol' knapsack
              F                        G
Packing for a living, swinging for the air
              C                   Am
Answer to the crowd underneath my hair
               F                G
Fighting every urge to turn and run


Chorus:
C                                  Am
Come here, kid, here's a story for you
G                          F
You're defined by what you do
C                                         Am
No one ever made it stayin' home with the kids
       G                                  F
And if you ain't winnin', you ain't worth shit
Dm                                       G
Peace of mind comes when you're dead and gone
                                   C    F   C   F   C   F
If you can't see that, you don't belong


Outro:
        C     F
Don't belong
        C     F    C   F
Don't belong