The Menzingers – Tellin Lies (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Chords

The Menzingers tune a half-step down, so they play this with a capo on the 2nd fret, but if you stay in standard tuning, you'd capo on the first fret. [Intro] A Bm D [Verse]
A                  Bm
Oh yeah, oh yeah, everything is terrible

      D                          A
When buying marijuana makes you feel like a criminal

      A                      Bm
When your new friends take a joke too literal

D                         A
Making you feel like the bad guy

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                  A
Where are we gonna go

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                          A
now that our twenties are over?

A                 Bm
Oh yeah, oh yeah, all hope abandoned

     D                  A
I'm not young enough to be a companion

A                 Bm
Not old enough to be a guide

        D               A
What a cliche, time to try

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                  A
Where are we gonna go

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                          A
now that our twenties are over?
[Chorus]
D
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

A
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

D
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

A
Everyone's asking me over and over

D                          A
The decade taken hostage by my own guilty conscience

D
When you gonna quit this nonsense?

A
Everyone's asking me over and over

   F#m
But I

A/G#  A     D      Bm
don't mind telling lies
[Interlude] A Bm D A (x2) [Verse]
A                      Bm
So, oh yeah, oh yeah, let's go to Vegas

        D                    A
Put it all on black and get married by Elvis

       A              Bm
If we wake up broke, we'll be fine

D                   A
We'll get rich in another lifetime

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                  A
Where are we gonna go

A         Bm
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

D                          A
now that our twenties are over?
[Chorus]
D
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

A
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

D
Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?

A
Everyone's asking me over and over

D                          A
The decade taken hostage by my own guilty conscience

D
When you gonna quit this nonsense?

A
Everyone's asking me over and over

   F#m
But I

A/G#  A     D      Bm
don't mind telling lies
[Bridge]
      D
Like tension you can cut with a knife

        A
Like a wedding ring that never fit right

        D
Like a car alarm that won't stop howling

   A                 A/G#       F#m
A decade lost in the motions to romance and cheap whiskey

     A
The subtle sound of a fleeting feeling

     F#m
Like four chords that don't love you no more

      A
In a motel room, a sleeping bag on the floor

       D
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       A
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       D
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       A
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       D
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       A
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       D
Is it wrong to say that things can change?

       A                           A/G# F#m
Is it wrong to say that things can change?