Stan Rogers – Lies (Guitar)
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Chords
Lies - Words & Music by Stan Rogers
[Verse 1]
G D/F# At last the kids are gone now for the day Em C G D/F# She reaches for the coffee as the school bus pulls away G D/F# Another day to tend the house and plan Em C G D/F# For Friday at the Legion when she's dancing with her man G D/F# Sure was a bitter winter, but Friday will be fine Em C And maybe last year's Easter dress will serve her one more time G D/F# She'd pass for twenty-nine but for her eyes Am D/F# G But Winter lines are telling wicked lies
[Chorus]
Am G/B C D C G Am D/F# All lies.... All those lines, they're telling wicked lies Am G/B C D C Lies.... All lies.... G Too many lines there in that face A C Too many to erase or to disguise D/F# G * D * Am G/B C D C They must be telling lies
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Is this the face that won for her the man Em C G D/F# Whose amazed and clumsy fingers slipped that ring upon her hand G D/F# No need to search that mirror for the years Em C G D/F# The menace in their message shouts across the blur of tears G D/F# So is this beauty's finish? Like Rodin's "Belle Heaulmiere"? Em C The pretty maiden trapped inside the ranch wife's toil and care G D/F# Well, after seven kids, that's no surprise Am D/F# G But why cannot the mirror tell her lies?
[Chorus]
Am G/B C D C G Am D/F# All lies.... All those lines, they're telling wicked lies Am G/B C D C Lies.... All lies.... G Too many lines there in that face A C Too many to erase or to disguise D/F# G * D * Am G/B C D C They must be telling lies
[Verse 3]
G D/F# She shakes off the bitter web she wove Em C G D/F# Turns and puts the mirror gently face down by the stove G D/F# She gathers up her apron in her hand Em C G D/F# Pours a cup of coffee, drips Carnation from the can G D/F# And thinks ahead to Friday, 'cause Friday will be fine Em C When she'll look up in that weathered face that loves hers line for line G D/F# To see the maiden shining in his eyes Am D/F# G And laugh at how the mirror tells her lies
[Chorus]
Am G/B C D C G Am D/F# All lies.... All those lines, they're telling wicked lies Am G/B C D C Lies.... All lies.... G Too many lines there in that face A C Too many to erase or to disguise
D/F# G * D * Am G/B C D C
Notes:
* means same chord, new measure
For the chords in the chorus (Am G/B C D C), I usually play about one
strum each - do whatever sounds good.
D/F#: 200232
G/B: x20030 (or plain G works well, too)
Chris Butler aka [email protected]