Liz Phair
Why I Lie
Somebody's Miracle
2005
Submitted by: jeremyundergorund41@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
A - x02220
B - x24442
G#m - 466444
Intro: E--A-B- x4
Verse 1:
E A
If you ask me why
B
I lie to you
E
I can tell you I
A B
don't know myself
E A B
Its amazingly dishonest
E
But I'd have to
A
recognize it
B E A B E A B
As part of myself
Verse 2:
E
Straighten up
A B
Why can't you
E
straighten up
A B
I've heard you
E B
tell me this
A B
So many times
E B A B
It doesn't even stick
E A
I get it all the time
B E A
I get it all the time
B E
You know I love to
B A B
make A joke of it
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Verse 3:
E
And if you ask
A B
me why I hurt you
E
I don't understand it
A B
I can't help myself
E A B
Its a special combination
E A
Of predatory instinct
B E A B E A B
And simple ill will
Chorus 1:
A
I would give some
E
thought to it
A
If I thought that
G#m A
it might do me
B E A
Some good
B E A B
Some good
Verse 4:
E A
Straighten up
B
Why can't you
E A
straighten up
B
You always
E B
say I'll lose
A B
Control of it
E
And thirty is
B A B
not too old
Chorus 2:
A
Well momma I
would give some
E
thought to it
A
If I thought
that it
G#m A B
might do me
E A
Some good
B E A
Some good
B E A
Some good
B E(hold)
Some good
