Lies Can't Pretend chords by No Use For A Name

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Key: C majorC

Intro:
A minorAm FF C/EG C majorC G/BG/B x2


Verse 1:
C majorC
I received your
       G+G
letter in the mail
A minorAm
Sounds like times are
       E MajorE
hard for you again
  FF
You said that you'd be
        C majorC
nineteen in September
    C majorC
of this year
      G+G
And you're breaking up
          FF
with your first girlfriend

Verse 2:
  C majorC
My dad and I got in a
     G+G  A minorAm
fight he told me to leave
          E MajorE
When everything was fine
   FF
There isn't much that I
     C majorC
can do to help you yes it's
      G+G
true But I promise that the
         FF
hurt will heal in time
    E MajorE
And you don't deserve this


Chorus 1:
A minorAm      G+G  D/F#D/F#
Lies can't pretend
       FF
just another way of thinking
   C majorC      E MajorE
that People will change when it
FF            G+G
seems they're not there for
  A minorAm      G+G D/F#D/F#
you Truth cannot lie  never
    FF
heard a better word that
C majorC       E MajorE   FF
trust Yes it's in you know
     G+G    A minorAm  FF C/EC/E G+G C majorC E MajorE G+G
that it's true and right

Verse 3:
C majorC
Let me count the ways
      G+G
that I feel so sorry
A minorAm
When it rains it drains
      E MajorE
the spirit dry
  FF
We all have our mishaps
        C majorC
misfortunes misopportunities
     G+G
And the strength to carry
      FF
on consider yourself free
    E MajorE
And you don't deserve this


Chorus 2:
A minorAm      G+G  D/F#D/F#
Lies can't pretend
       FF
just another way of thinking
   C majorC      E MajorE
that People will change when it
FF            G+G
seems they're not there for
  A minorAm      G+G D/F#D/F#
you Truth cannot lie  never
    FF
heard a better word that
C majorC       E MajorE   FF
trust Yes it's in you know
     G+G    C majorC  G+G
that it's true and right
     A minorAm  E MajorE FF G+G FF C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
true and right