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Hollies - I Lied
INTRO:   Em    C    G    D    Em    C    G  D  
              Yeah
EmOnly a CgameG  
Had no inDtention that would Emturn it up to Csomething GmoreD  
EmI told the CstrangeG  
If it gets Dserious, then EmI'll go running Cout that GdoorD  
'Cause CI've been burned and Dfound out the Emhard way
I'm Ctrying not to Dget too Emclose
I Cmade a Dpromise to myEmself
I Aswear, I'll never Cdo it again
CHORUS:
I EmliedC  
When I Gtold you I Dnever Gwant to Cneed
Let you Gunder my Dskin
I EmliedC  
When I Gsaid I will Dnever Gopen my Cheart
And let Ganyone Din
AAmgain, you Cwin
I Emlied, CohEmhhhhDhEm  C  G  D  
EmI didn't CknowG  
That I was Dopen to the Empower of your CtenderGnessD  
EmI can't CignoreG  
This time it's Ddifferent 'cause I'm Emfinding it Chard to reGsistD  
CTruth is something I Djust can't Emhide from
I'm Ctaking back the Dwords I Emsaid
I Cmade a Dpromise to myEmself
I Aswear, I'll never Cdo it again
CHORUS:
I EmliedC  
When I Gtold you I Dnever Gwant to Cneed
Let you Gunder my Dskin
I EmliedC  
When I Gsaid I will Dnever Gopen my Cheart
And let Ganyone Din
AAmgain, you Cwin
I Emlied, CohEmhhhhDhEm  C  G  D  
BRIDGE:
AmTruth is something I Gjust can't hide from
I'm Ctaking back all the Bmwords I Emsaid
I Ammight get burned and Gfind out the hard way
Who Ccares? I'm gonna do it aDgaiEmn___C_G  D  
Do it aEmgain (do it aCgain), ay
CHORUS:
I EmliedC  
When I Gtold you I Dnever Gwant to Cneed
Let you Gunder my Dskin
I EmliedC  
When I Gsaid I will Dnever Gopen my Cheart
And let Ganyone Din
AAmgain, you Cwin, again
CHORUS:
I EmliedC  
When I Gtold you I Dnever Gwant to Cneed
Let you Gunder my Dskin
I EmliedC  
When I Gsaid I will Dnever Gopen my Cheart
And let Ganyone Din
AAmgain, you Cwin, again
CHORUS:    (## fade to end ##)
I EmliedC  
When I Gtold you I Dnever Gwant to Cneed
Let you Gunder my Dskin
I EmliedC  
When I Gsaid I will Dnever Gopen my Cheart
And let Ganyone Din
AAmgain, you Cwin, again

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I Lied

by The Hollies

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Hollies - I Lied

Em C G D Em C G D

INTRO:

Yeah

Em C G

Only a game

D Em C G D

Had no intention that would turn it up to something more

Em C G

I told the strange

D Em C G D

If it gets serious, then I'll go running out that door

C D Em

'Cause I've been burned and found out the hard way

C D Em

I'm trying not to get too close

C D Em

I made a promise to myself

A C

I swear, I'll never do it again

CHORUS:

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I told you I never want to need

G D

Let you under my skin

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I said I will never open my heart

G D

And let anyone in

Am C

Again, you win

Em C Em D Em C G D

I lied, ohhhhhh

Em C G

I didn't know

D Em C G D

That I was open to the power of your tenderness

Em C G

I can't ignore

D Em C G D

This time it's different 'cause I'm finding it hard to resist

C D Em

Truth is something I just can't hide from

C D Em

I'm taking back the words I said

C D Em

I made a promise to myself

A C

I swear, I'll never do it again

CHORUS:

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I told you I never want to need

G D

Let you under my skin

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I said I will never open my heart

G D

And let anyone in

Am C

Again, you win

Em C Em D Em C G D

I lied, ohhhhhh

BRIDGE:

Am G

Truth is something I just can't hide from

C Bm Em

I'm taking back all the words I said

Am G

I might get burned and find out the hard way

C D Em C G D

Who cares? I'm gonna do it again____

Em C

Do it again (do it again), ay

CHORUS:

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I told you I never want to need

G D

Let you under my skin

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I said I will never open my heart

G D

And let anyone in

Am C

Again, you win, again

CHORUS:

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I told you I never want to need

G D

Let you under my skin

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I said I will never open my heart

G D

And let anyone in

Am C

Again, you win, again

CHORUS: (## fade to end ##)

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I told you I never want to need

G D

Let you under my skin

Em C

I lied

G D G C

When I said I will never open my heart

G D

And let anyone in

Am C

Again, you win, again

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