Make-up Is A Lie chords by Morrissey

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Dm


Verse 1:

  A5*                              D5/A*
e|---------------12--------------1_7-------------------------------|
B|-------------14--------------14-|--------------------------------|
G|-----------14--------------13---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

          N.C.        N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
I found myself in Paris
           N.C.          N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
She sat in mournful silence
                 N.C.        N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
By midnight came an outbu---rst
                       N.C.      N.C. A5*    D5/A*
So much louder than a cloudburst   -   (She said:)

Chorus:

Bb               Bb    F
    Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm                    A     Dm
Make-up, make-up is a li---e
     Bb                      Bb    F
Oooh - make-up, make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm           A    Dm
Make-up is a li-ie

Verse 2:

  A5*                              D5/A*
e|---------------12--------------1_7-------------------------------|
B|-------------14--------------14-|--------------------------------|
G|-----------14--------------13---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

            N.C.       N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
I soon returned to Paris
                     N.C.  N.C.    N.C.    N.C.
To the garret of the poe---t
               N.C.         N.C.    N.C.    N.C.
In her mind of blank - reclusion
          N.C.       N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
Until the same explosion

Chorus:

Bb               Bb    F
    Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm                        A     Dm
Make-up, oh, make-up is a li---e
    Bb                    Bb    F
Oh, make-up, make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm           A    Dm    N.C.
Make-up is a li-ie

Verse 3:

  (N.C.)                           D5/A*
e|-------------------------------1_7-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------14-|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------13---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                  N.C.      N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
Ten years passed in boredom
            N.C.     N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
I made my way to Paris
               N.C.           N.C.    A5*    D5/A*
To stand befo---re her gravestone
               N.C.         N.C.
I read the words in grani---te
 N.C.
(One, two, three, four, five)

  (N.C.)                           D5/A*
e|-------------------------------1_7-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------14-|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------13---|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

Chorus:

Bb               Bb    F
    Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm                    A    Dm           Bb
Make-up, make-up is a lie, make-up is a lie
             Bb    F
Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm           A   Dm
Make-up is a li--i---e

Bb               Bb    F
    Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm                    A    Dm           Bb
Make-up, make-up is a lie, make-up is a lie
             Bb    F
Make-up is a lie - oooh
Gm           A   Dm   N.C.
Make-up is a li--i---e