You Lie

                    G
It ain't complicated
                           C
Well, I've grown to hate it
     Am                                         D
I never liked the taste of crow but baby I ate it


                      G
They tried to warn me
                                  C
They said that you were ornery
                Am                                                    
So don't bring me those big brown eyes and tell me that you're sorry
                  D



Am              C                                       D
Well you might as well throw gasoline on a fire
                G D G
The way you lie


        G                        D                      C           
You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor
     D

        G                          D                               C
You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
                D

        G                               D                       C   
You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
      D

C                    Am                       D
It just comes way too natural to you
                     G D
The way you lie

                        G
That ain't my perfume
                        C
I bet she had a curfew
Am                                                                   
You told me you were out with the boys and baby I believed you
   D



G
So why you lookin' so nervous
                                C
You know you're gonna deserve this
               G                                                      
I oughta kill you right now and do the whole wide world a service
                  D



Am              C                                                   
Well my daddy's gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like 
            D
a piece of wire
                   G D
The way you lie


G                                         D                         
You lie like the man with the slick black hair who sold me that Ford
    C               D

        G                       D                               C   
You lie like a palm tree in the back yard after last month's storm
            D

         G                              D                       C   
You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
            D

C                    Am C
It just comes way too natural to you
                    G D
The way you lie

            C                                 D
Well, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
                Em C           Am              G
I'm gonna drive into the big ol' muddy river
                C                          Am                        
I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the mile-long bridge
       F

                             Em C         Am      G      D
And then I'm gonna cry well maybe just a little
                        C                               Am
Then I'm gonna slip off the ring that you put on my finger
C                       D                       G
Give it a big ol' fling and watch it sink
D                    C
Down, down, down


                Am   C
There it's gonna lie
                A                       Am  D
Until the Lord comes back around


G                                                D                  
Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor
   C                D

        G                       D                                C  
You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
            D

        G                               D                       C   
You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store
    D

                Am               C           D
It just comes so dang natural to you


                G D G
The way you lie
                G D G
The way you lie
Am                                              D
Well it's what you do, it's who you are

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