Goo Goo Dolls – Sweetest Lie (Bass Live Tab)
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Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Sweetest Lie
Album: Something for the Rest of Us (2010)
Tabbed for: Bass
Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm.
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I reference both the studio album as well as live recordings (when available) to ensure the proper "tonality".
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well, you play your part so easily. You fooled yourself again. With your
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lipstick smeared. Across some face you'll never see again. And I
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E D
sat there in the corner. Working back my memories. And I
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wondered if the time would come. You'd get around to me.
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[Chorus]
D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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[Verse]
E D
You made me feel electric. Every moment that we shared. But the
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lights went out when I realized. You never even cared. So I
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E D
picked myself back up. I didn't know where I had been. And the
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thing that makes it seem so wrong. Is I want you back again.
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[Chorus]
D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.)
Yeah Come on, baby, give me love.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.)
Yeah Come on, baby, give me love.
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[Bridge]
D E A B
You know you'll never be taken. Your love will never be taken
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E D E
now. And now you're tired of waking.
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Oh, you're tired of waking up.
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D A E
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[Outro Chorus]
D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.)
Yeah Come on, baby, give me love.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.) Living the sweetest lie.
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D D E D D E D A A E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh.)
Yeah Come on, baby, give me love.
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D A E
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