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

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Intro:
Am F C/EG C G/B  x2


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

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


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


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


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