Gene Watson – I Told A Lie (Guitar)

"I Told A Lie" - Gene Watson
A-side on the single "I Told A Lie / Before The Next Teardrop Falls" (1969)
B-side on the single "Shadows On The Wall / I Told A Lie" (1974)

    G                 Em               C       D       Em
The night is gone, the sun is high and I'm just getting home

   G            Em              C     D       Em
And now I need a good excuse for being gone so long

    C              D                   G                Em
I'll tell her I was with a friend, that's the perfect alibi

G               C                    D                  Em
In one way, I'll tell the truth, in another way, tell a lie

    G                Em              C          D      Em
Her sweet perfume and lovely face now haunt this lonely room

G                Em                 C          D       Em
I hear her call and silence hangs just like the veil of doom

  C                       D              G              Em
She'll find the lipstick on my shirt, then turn away and cry

G               C                    D                  Em
In one way, I'll tell the truth, in another way, tell a lie

   G                Em              C      D          Em
To tell the truth, I told a lie, pretending that she's here

 G               Em               C     D        Em
Her image painted in my mind will always keep her near

  C                D               G          Em
I've been a fool so many times and I feel so ashamed

  G              C             D             Em
She had enough so long ago, she cast away my name

G            C                    D                  Em
In one way, I told the truth, in another way, told a lie