(tune your high e to f# - be careful of breakage)



Intro:



(r.f. 1 - guitar 1)

F#-----0------------------|---0---------------------

B -----0------------------|---0---------------------

G --4---------------------|-4-----------------------

D --4--------2------------|-4------2----------------

A --2--------2----------2-|-2------2--------2-------

E -----------0------0-4---|--------0----0-4---------



(riff 1 - guitar 2) w/ r.f.1 (by guitar 1)

F#----------------------------|---------------------------

B ----------------------------|---------------------------

G ----------------------------|---------------------------

D ----------------------------|---------------------------

A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------

E ---------------4------------|--------------4------------ 



F#----------------------------|---------------------------

B ----------------------------|---------------------------

G ----------------------------|---------------------------

D ----------------------------|---------------------------

A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------

E ---------------4------------|--------------0------------ 



(verse)

B5                E5

He burnt down the house one night 

B5                       G#5  E5

He had a loaded six-pack gun 

B5                            E5

He said that Jesus Christ was just like a cop 

B5                                   D#5-C#5-B5-C#5*

You know, you never know when they'll come

(* = don't play the root of the chord)



(verse) 

She said every day above ground 

Was another dream come true 

He said I'd hang and swap clichés all night 

But I'm not in love with you



(bridge)

F#5             G#m

And I never got serious 

    B5               E5

'Til everything went black 

F#5           G#5

And I ain't so curious 

        B5          E5

That I'm ever going back



(chorus: Play Intro)

On the lie 

On the lie 

On the lie 

On the lie



(verse)

He said, man, you want to be Elvis 

I said I ain't dying face down 

He said you've got to die facing up in the world 

'Cause there's too many holes around 



(verse)

He asked what was wrong with me 

He said I looked like a Hollywood girl 

I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man 

'Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world



(bridge)

And I never got serious 

'Til everything went black 

And I ain't so curious 

That I'm ever going back



(chorus)

On the lie 

On the lie 

On the lie 

On the lie



(break)

(solo)

E5-G#5-F#5 (3x)

E5-G#5

F#5-G#5-E5



(chorus)

On the lie, he was 

On the lie 

On the lie, she was 

On the lie 

On the lie, he was 

On the lie 



G#5            F#5       E5

It's all been a stinkin' lie



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