• Song:

    Why Do I Lie

  • Artist:

    Luscious Jackson

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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 00:06:24 -0700
From: J F F 
Subject: l/luscious_jackson/why_do_i_lie.crd

Artist: Luscious Jackson (Cunniff)
Song: Why Do I Lie?
Album: Fever In Fever Out (Good Will Hunting Sndtrk.)

Tabbed by Justin Fitzgerald 

I'm pretty sure these are the right chords.  But correct me otherwise...

  E (022100@1)    D# (x43121@3)    C# (x43121@1)    B--7-- (x2444x@1) --6--   --4--   --7--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --7--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --8--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --9--|
--7--  --6--   --4--   --9--|
--x--  --x--   --x--   --7--|

Intro:
E (022100@1)D# (x43121@3)E (022100@1)D# (x43121@3)E (022100@1)D# (x43121@3)C# (x43121@1)(x2)

Verse 1:
        E (022100@1)        D#I (x43121@3)would love to be better
        E (022100@1)        D#I (x43121@3)would love to be free
        E (022100@1)        D#I (x43121@3)would love to be perfect
     C#when (x43121@1)you look at me

    E (022100@1)              D#But (x43121@3)instead I'm still cryin'
    E (022100@1)              D#yes (x43121@3)instead I'm still lyin'
    E (022100@1)              D#sad (x43121@3)to say I'm still tryin'
C#not (x43121@1)to be me

       E (022100@1)         BWhen (x2444x@1)I see all the weakness
       E (022100@1)         Bthat (x2444x@1)I turned into sickness
        E (022100@1)         D#I (x43121@3)still think I can slide
     C#just (x43121@1)fine on the ice

         E (022100@1)        D#It's (x43121@3)not easy to be honest
    E (022100@1)            D#sometimes (x43121@3)I'm just astonished
   E (022100@1)          D# (x43121@3)      C#how (x43121@1)hard it can be to be true

Chorus:
E (022100@1)      BWhy (x2444x@1)do I lie?
      E (022100@1)         BIs (x2444x@1)it just to get by
     E (022100@1)        BIf (x2444x@1)I give up my lines
       C#will (x43121@1)I die?

   E (022100@1)          BIf (x2444x@1)fortunes are favored
     E (022100@1)     Bthen (x2444x@1)I am in labor
        E (022100@1)       Band (x2444x@1)I'm tryin' so hard
         C#to (x43121@1)leave lyin' behind



Verse 2:
        E (022100@1)        D#I (x43121@3)don't want to be hazy
        E (022100@1)            D#I (x43121@3)don't think that I'm crazy
    E (022100@1)           D#but (x43121@3)I've had some moments
      C#where (x43121@1)I am not sure

       E (022100@1)      D#and (x43121@3)if you can forgive me
    E (022100@1)        D#for (x43121@3)just being human
     E (022100@1)        D#then (x43121@3)I will try harder
   C#to (x43121@1)keep my words pure

  E (022100@1)             BI (x2444x@1)could be on the border
         E (022100@1)     BIt (x2444x@1)could be a disorder
    E (022100@1)        D#but (x43121@3)honestly I think
     C#that (x43121@1)I can come clean

    E (022100@1)       D#and (x43121@3)all of my stories
      E (022100@1)     D#might (x43121@3)even be boring
   E (022100@1)        D#If (x43121@3)I can tell you
  C#what (x43121@1)they all mean



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