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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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LOVER LIES by The Atomic Fireballs
The Atomic Fireballs was a band from Detroit and was a big part of the Swing 
Revival during the late 1990's.
Intro:
|Em7| - |Ebaug| - |G/D| - |Dbdim7| - |C7| - |B7|
|Em7| - |Ebaug| - |G/D| - |Dbdim7| - |C7| - |B7|
  Em7And when I Ebaugwoke up
I G/Dthought that she'd be Dbdim7gone
But she C7tied me to the B7bedpost
Put my C7stuff out on the B7lawn
  Em7She said she Ebaugknew of
of a G/Dlove that never Dbdim7dies
She disCcovered how her B7lover EmliesC  B7  
She stood there silent
With anger in her eyes
In the past she never guessed it
But she finally realized
She thought she knew me
It should come as no surprise
She discovered how a lover lies
Am7I ran around with Lucy Brown a Em7time or two 
Not Am7long ago I did not know she Em7knew
Am7She made her acquaintance
  CNow her patience is Em7finally throughG  C7  B7  
|Em7| - |Ebaug| - |G/D| - |Dbdim7| - |C| - |B7/Eb|
She says I'm just like
All the other guys
and she thinks that it's no wonder
that divorce is on the rise 
But there's one thing
I cannot compromise
When I discover how my lover lies
Now night is falling
thoughts runnin' through my head
of shuttin' my eyes sober
and wakin' them up dead
They'd have a suspect
she'd say she's justified 
'Cause she discovered how her lover lies
She found a crime
She'd wish they'd legalize
When she discovered how her lover lies
   Chord chart:
E|--Em77-----Ebaug-------G/D3-----Dbdim70-------C73-----B72-----Am75-----|
B|--8-----4------3-----0-------5-----4-----5-----|
G|--7-----4------4-----0-------3-----2-----5-----|
D|--9-----5------5-----2-------5-----4-----5-----|
A|--7-----6------5-----4-------3-----2-----7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------5-----|

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Lover Lies

by The Atomic Fireballs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Ebaug

G/D

Dbdim7

Am7

B7/Eb

LOVER LIES by The Atomic Fireballs

The Atomic Fireballs was a band from Detroit and was a big part of the Swing

Revival during the late 1990's.

Intro:

Em7 Ebaug G/D Dbdim7 C7 B7

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Em7 Ebaug G/D Dbdim7 C7 B7

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Em7 Ebaug

And when I woke up

G/D Dbdim7

I thought that she'd be gone

C7 B7

But she tied me to the bedpost

C7 B7

Put my stuff out on the lawn

Em7 Ebaug

She said she knew of

G/D Dbdim7

of a love that never dies

C B7 Em C B7

She discovered how her lover lies

She stood there silent

With anger in her eyes

In the past she never guessed it

But she finally realized

She thought she knew me

It should come as no surprise

She discovered how a lover lies

Am7 Em7

I ran around with Lucy Brown a time or two

Am7 Em7

Not long ago I did not know she knew

Am7

She made her acquaintance

C Em7 G C7 B7

Now her patience is finally through

Em7 Ebaug G/D Dbdim7 C B7/Eb

|| - || - || - || - || - ||

She says I'm just like

All the other guys

and she thinks that it's no wonder

that divorce is on the rise

But there's one thing

I cannot compromise

When I discover how my lover lies

Now night is falling

thoughts runnin' through my head

of shuttin' my eyes sober

and wakin' them up dead

They'd have a suspect

she'd say she's justified

'Cause she discovered how her lover lies

She found a crime

She'd wish they'd legalize

When she discovered how her lover lies

Chord chart:

Em7 Ebaug G/D Dbdim7 C7 B7 Am7

E|--7------------3-----0-------3-----2-----5-----|

B|--8-----4------3-----0-------5-----4-----5-----|

G|--7-----4------4-----0-------3-----2-----5-----|

D|--9-----5------5-----2-------5-----4-----5-----|

A|--7-----6------5-----4-------3-----2-----7-----|

E|-----------------------------------------5-----|

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