Honesty Is No Excuse chords by Thin Lizzy

Chords with lyrics

"Honesty is no Excuse" as performed by Thin Lizzy.

>From Thin Lizzy's self titled first album.

Transcribed by Rob Healy
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This wonderful song is in 3/4 time.

Tune your guitar to the recording. On the CD I have, everything seems to be
a quarter-tone flat for most of the tracks on the album.

Play to the basic rhythm of each bar having 4 eighth notes followed by a
quarter. You'll obviously know the rhythm if you have heard the song
before.

Play most chords as barre chords. The A, A7A7 and D MajorD are in the 5th position,
until you go to the turnarounds, then you can play in the standard open
form.

Each chord name represents one bar.

INTRO :

A augmentedA  A augmentedA  A augmentedA  A augmentedA


Verse: (Play verse twice the first time through)

A augmentedA  A augmentedA  A augmentedA  A augmentedA
A7A7  D MajorD  G+G  G7G7
B minorBm  Bm/ABm/A E MajorE  E7E7
C# minorC#m C# minorC#m F#F#  F#F#
B minorBm  A augmentedA  E MajorE  E7E7


Chorus:

A augmentedA  C# minorC#m G+G  Bm=A=D (Each chord gets one beat for this measure)
E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE


Verse:
Up 'til now ....

Up 'til now ...

Chorus:

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh wooo ohh ooh.

Verse: (Solo on top of Verse)

Chorus: (with solo still going)
I never, I never, I never

Verse again:
Up 'til now ...

Chorus:

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh wooo ohh ooh.

Verse:
Up till now ...

Chorus:

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh wooo ohh ooh.

Up till now ...