Goo Goo Dolls – On The Lie (Guitar)

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Submitted by: [email protected] Chords used: B - x24442 F# - 244322 G#m - 466444 E - 022100 [Intro] B E x6 [Verse 1]
B                    E
  He burned down the house one night

         B               G#m E
He had a loaded six-pack gun

             B
He said that Jesus Christ was

E
just like a cop You know you

B                       G#m F# E F#
never know when they'll come
[Verse 2]
B                E
  She said every day above ground

     B                 G#m E
was another dream come true

            B
He said I'd hang and swap

   E
cliches all night But

    B                G#m F# E F#
I'm not in love with you
[Refrain 1]
F#                G#m
  And I never got serious

    B               E
Til everything went black

F#               G#m
  And I ain't so curious

         B          E
That I'm ever going back
[Chorus 1]
B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie
[Verse 3]
B
  He said man you

E
want to be Elvis

       B
I said I ain't

           G#m E
dying face down

            B
He said you gotta die

       E
facing up in the world

              B
cause there's too

            G#m  F# E F#
many holes around
[Verse 4]
B                   E
  He asked what was wrong

                  B
with me He said I looked

                 G#m E
like a Hollywood girl

            B
I said that Hollywood can

              E
fall into the ocean man

               B
cause it's the ugliest

             G#m
place in the whole

F#   E     F#
wide world and
[Refrain 1]
F#                G#m
  And I never got serious

    B               E
Til everything went black

F#               G#m
  And I ain't so curious

         B          E
That I'm ever going back
[Chorus 2]
B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       G#m
    On the lie
[Instrumental] E G#m F# x4 then [Guitar Solo] E G#m F# E G#m F# E G#m F# E G#m F# [Chorus 3]
B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie
[Chorus 4/Outro]
B F#       E
    On the lie

B F#       E
    On the lie

     G#m
It's all been

   F#      E
a stinking lie