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Very First Lie

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On the C and Am, there is a brief fill.
Quickly add your pinky on the third fret; b string.
Intro:   C   Am   C  Am  
CI'd like to wake up with you early in the morning
AmOr stay up late just playing records on your phonograph
CI'd like to get to know your mother and your father
AmMaybe just once pretend to be somebody's bbetter half
DmAnd I would like to tGell the very first lie
C Am C Am
CI'd like to ignore all my friends and spend my time with you
AmMaybe shake your tambourine
CI'd like to do the sorts of things that you and I could do
AmWe could do most anything
DmAnd I would like to tGell the very first lie
Solo:
Riff 1:
e---------0-1-0-1-3-1-0-------------------0-1-0-1-3-1-0-------------------
B---0-1-3---------------3-1-0-------0-1-3---------------3-1-0---0---------
G-2---------------------------2-0-2---------------------------2-----------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2:
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-1-0-----------0---------------------------------------------------------
G-----2-0---0-2-----------------------------------------------------------
D---------2---------------------------------------------------------------
(Play Riff 1, then Riff 2 4x, then Riff 1, then Riff 2 4x)
DmI'd like to get to know your family and friends you know
CMaybe pick you up from work
DmI'd like to do the sorts of thinCgs that you and I could do till it hGurts
CI'd like to wake up with you early in the morning
AmOr stay up late just playing records on your phonograph
CI'd like to get to know your mother and you father
AmMaybe just once pretend to be somebody's better half
DmAnd I would like to tGell the very first lie
Repeat solo

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Very First Lie

by Material Issue

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Listen to the song...

On the C and Am, there is a brief fill.

Quickly add your pinky on the third fret; b string.

C Am C Am

Intro:

I'd like to wake up with you early in the morning

Or stay up late just playing records on your phonograph

I'd like to get to know your mother and your father

Maybe just once pretend to be somebody's bbetter half

Dm G

And I would like to tell the very first lie

C Am C Am

I'd like to ignore all my friends and spend my time with you

Maybe shake your tambourine

I'd like to do the sorts of things that you and I could do

We could do most anything

Dm G

And I would like to tell the very first lie

Solo:

Riff 1:

e---------0-1-0-1-3-1-0-------------------0-1-0-1-3-1-0-------------------

B---0-1-3---------------3-1-0-------0-1-3---------------3-1-0---0---------

G-2---------------------------2-0-2---------------------------2-----------

D-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 2:

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-1-0-----------0---------------------------------------------------------

G-----2-0---0-2-----------------------------------------------------------

D---------2---------------------------------------------------------------

(Play Riff 1, then Riff 2 4x, then Riff 1, then Riff 2 4x)

I'd like to get to know your family and friends you know

Maybe pick you up from work

Dm C G

I'd like to do the sorts of things that you and I could do till it hurts

I'd like to wake up with you early in the morning

Or stay up late just playing records on your phonograph

I'd like to get to know your mother and you father

Maybe just once pretend to be somebody's better half

Dm G

And I would like to tell the very first lie

Repeat solo

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