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GI don't claim to be so smart I'm Cdumb as can Gbe
But CI can read beGtween the lines and A7you're not fooling D7me
You Ggo out honky tonking you Cdon't get home till Gthree
I Cmay be dumb but GI found out D7somebody lied to Gme
Somebody Clied and cheated Gtoo
And that somebody gal is D7you
I tried and Gtried but all in Cvain
Somebody Glied  D7to me Gagain
You came home the other night your Clipstick was a Gmess
You Chad runners Gin your hose and A7wrinkles in your D7dress
Then Gyou tried to make me think that Cyou'd been drinking Gtea
I Csmelled your breath and Gthen I knew D7somebody lied to Gme
Somebody Clied and cheated Gtoo
And that somebody gal is D7you
I tried and Gtried but all in Cvain
Somebody Glied  D7to me Gagain

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Somebody Lied

by Hawkshaw Hawkins

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G C G

I don't claim to be so smart I'm dumb as can be

C G A7 D7

But I can read between the lines and you're not fooling me

G C G

You go out honky tonking you don't get home till three

C G D7 G

I may be dumb but I found out somebody lied to me

C G

Somebody lied and cheated too

And that somebody gal is you

G C

I tried and tried but all in vain

G D7 G

Somebody lied to me again

C G

You came home the other night your lipstick was a mess

C G A7 D7

You had runners in your hose and wrinkles in your dress

G C G

Then you tried to make me think that you'd been drinking tea

C G D7 G

I smelled your breath and then I knew somebody lied to me

C G

Somebody lied and cheated too

And that somebody gal is you

G C

I tried and tried but all in vain

G D7 G

Somebody lied to me again

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