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 D So don't bring me those big brown eyes and tell me that you're sorry Am C D Well you might as well throw gasoline on a fire G D G The way you lie G D C D You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor G D C D You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch G D C D You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store 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 D You told me you were out with the boys and baby I believed you G So why you lookin' so nervous C You know you're gonna deserve this G D I oughta kill you right now and do the whole wide world a service Am C D Well my daddy's gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire G D The way you lie G D C D You lie like the man with the slick black hair who sold me that Ford G D C D You lie like a palm tree in the back yard after last month's storm G D C D You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store 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 F I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the mile-long bridge 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 C D Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor G D C D You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch G D C D You lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store 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
