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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
To get the recorded feeling of the song I added a G note, 1st string 3rd fret on each chord except Fm.
Intro:
C F Caug C G
Verse:
C
There's a lie that I told to you
G C G C
That now I can't tell the truth
G C Fm C
And it ate me inside, so one soft drunken night
C Fm
I slept with a man you knew
Verse:
C Fm
In the morning I walked home alone
Caug Cmaj7
And the businessmen saw my bones
C Fm Caug F G
With my skirt in their eyes, they remembered the nights
Cmaj7 F Fm C
When they were that man you knew
Bridge:
Am
You told me once
Am
You were happy to have me
Am Caug Cmaj7
But I never gave me away
Caug
There's a lie that I told to you
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Verse:
Caug
I would give you my heart, I think
Caug C G7
But it's up in a branch of a tree
C F Fm
It was only to tease when he climbed up the tree
Fm G Cmaj7
Put my heart where I couldn't reach
Verse:
Cmaj7 C
I didn't mind, I adored him so
C Caug C
We forgot, and we left for home
F Fm G7
And that was so long ago, now the tree it has grown
Verse:
F C
And nobody knows my lover is buried underground
C Fm Caug C
Nobody knows my lo ver is buried underground
C
Nobody knows my lover is buried underground
Outro:
C G C
There's a lie that I told to you
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Last Updated: February 5, 2026