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C#minor

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Easiest to:
- transpose down 2 half-steps (first chord A)
- Capo 2
 C#m^ sometimes played as 7th chord, feel free to add
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 INT FC O
[INTRO]
 B   C#m|  A   E/G#|
 B   C#m|       A|
         B   C#m|  A   E/G#|
"I am the truth!"
         B   C#m|       A|
"I am the life!" oh...
[VERSE 1]
    BI,    C#m  AI don't know E/G#why we're
    Bscreamin' so C#mloud, Awe're only wastin' our time, and
    BTime    C#m  Aruns awayE/G#  
    There's Bno comin' C#mback for usA  
[PRE-CHORUS]
    BTurn aC#mround, turn aAround now, E/G#ba - by
    BDon't let it C#mgo too farA  
    BTurn aC#mround while it's Anot too E/G#late
    BDon't let it C#mrun from usF#m9  
[CHORUS 1]
             B   C#m|  A  E/G#  
We lie
             B   C#m| A  
We fight
             B   C#m|       A  E/G#  
Some - times,        but oh,
             B   C#m| A  
We love,             ooh
[VERSE 2]
    BWhy,    C#m  Awhy are we E/G#playin'?
    BPlayin' with C#mtime, Atime isn't too good at waitin'
    When Btime    C#m  Aruns awayE/G#  
    There's Bno comin' C#mback for us, Aooh, no
[PRE-CHORUS]
    BTurn aC#mround, turn aAround now, E/G#ba - by
    BDon't let it C#mgo too farA  
    BTurn aC#mround while it's Anot too E/G#late
    BDon't let it C#mrun from usF#m9  
[CHORUS 2]
             B   C#m|  A  E/G#  
We lie
             B   C#m| A  
We fight
             B   C#m|       A  Asus2  
Some - times,        but oh,
             B   C#m| F#m9  
We love
[INTERLUDE]
 B   C#m|  A   E/G#|
 B   C#m|       A|
 B   C#m|  A   E/G#|
 B   C#m|    F#m9|
[FINAL CHORUS]
             B   C#m|  A  E/G#  
We lie
             B   C#m| A  
We fight
             B   C#m|       A  E/G#  
Some - times,        but oh,
             B   C#m| F#m7  
We love                 ooh
[OUTRO]
 B   C#m|         A         E/G#|
         We love,    we love
 B   C#m|                    A|
         We love,    we love
 B   C#m|         A         E/G#|
                     We love,
         B          C#m|   An.c.  |
  we love,    we love

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Lie

by The Knocks

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

E/G#

F#m9

Asus2

F#m7

Easiest to:

- transpose down 2 half-steps (first chord A)

- Capo 2

C#m

^ sometimes played as 7th chord, feel free to add

ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 INT FC O

[INTRO]

B C#m A E/G#

| |

B C#m A

| |

B C#m A E/G#

| |

"I am the truth!"

B C#m A

| |

"I am the life!" oh...

[VERSE 1]

B C#m A E/G#

I, I don't know why we're

B C#m A

screamin' so loud, we're only wastin' our time, and

B C#m A E/G#

Time runs away

B C#m A

There's no comin' back for us

[PRE-CHORUS]

B C#m A E/G#

Turn around, turn around now, ba - by

B C#m A

Don't let it go too far

B C#m A E/G#

Turn around while it's not too late

B C#m F#m9

Don't let it run from us

[CHORUS 1]

B C#m A E/G#

We lie

B C#m A

We fight

B C#m A E/G#

Some - times, but oh,

B C#m A

We love, ooh

[VERSE 2]

B C#m A E/G#

Why, why are we playin'?

B C#m A

Playin' with time, time isn't too good at waitin'

B C#m A E/G#

When time runs away

B C#m A

There's no comin' back for us, ooh, no

[PRE-CHORUS]

B C#m A E/G#

Turn around, turn around now, ba - by

B C#m A

Don't let it go too far

B C#m A E/G#

Turn around while it's not too late

B C#m F#m9

Don't let it run from us

[CHORUS 2]

B C#m A E/G#

We lie

B C#m A

We fight

B C#m A Asus2

Some - times, but oh,

B C#m F#m9

We love

[INTERLUDE]

B C#m A E/G#

| |

B C#m A

| |

B C#m A E/G#

| |

B C#m F#m9

| |

[FINAL CHORUS]

B C#m A E/G#

We lie

B C#m A

We fight

B C#m A E/G#

Some - times, but oh,

B C#m F#m7

We love ooh

[OUTRO]

B C#m A E/G#

| |

We love, we love

B C#m A

| |

We love, we love

B C#m A E/G#

| |

We love,

B C#m A

| n.c. |

we love, we love

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