Lies chords by Violent Femmes

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

C



🎸 Verse :

C
Well I'm readin' this poem and it's so profound
      C
And I
I like it's rhythm and I
I like it's sound
     C
By a very famous poet no critic can criticize him
    C
And then I
I pause a moment and I start to realize he's tellin'

🎸 Chorus:

C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           G
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C     G     C
Lies, lies, lies


🎸 Verse 2:

C
On the motel T.V. I dig the evangelist
   C
He tell y'all about that and then he tell y'all about this
     C
He's preachin' up a storm by the sea of Galilee
     C
He's mixin' up the truth with somethin' funny
I start to see he's tellin'


🎸 Chorus 2:

C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           G
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C     G     C
Lies, lies, lies


🎸 Verse 3:

          C
Well I've never had this problem nobody in the Government
  C
I guess I always figured it they never mean what they meant
    C
And God help us all not to be so stone surprised
        C
When we wake up in the stars with the skies in our eyes if we keep tellin'


🎸 Chorus 3:

C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           G
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C           F
Lies, lies, lies, lies
C     G     C
Lies, lies, lies