On The Lie by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo


(tune your high e to f# - be careful of breakage)

Intro:

(r.f. 1 - guitar 1)
F#-----0------------------|---0---------------------
B -----0------------------|---0---------------------
G --4---------------------|-4-----------------------
D --4--------2------------|-4------2----------------
A --2--------2----------2-|-2------2--------2-------
E -----------0------0-4---|--------0----0-4---------

(riff 1 - guitar 2) w/ r.f.1 (by guitar 1)
Fis----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------4------------

Fis----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------0------------

(verse)
B5He burnt down the E5house one night
B5He had a loaded Gis5six-pE5ack gun
B5He said that Jesus ChE5rist was just like a cop
B5You know, you never know whe[Dis5-Cis5-B5-Cis5*]n they'll come 
(* = don't play the root of the chord)

(verse)
She said every day above ground
Was another dream come true
He said I'd hang and swap clichйs all night
But I'm not in love with you

(bridge)
Fis5And I never got gisserious
'TilB5 everything went E5black
Fis5And I ain't soGis5 curious
That I'mB5 ever going E5back

(chorus: Play Intro)
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie

(verse)
He said, man, you want to be Elvis
I said I ain't dying face down
He said you've got to die facing up in the world
'Cause there's too many holes around

(verse)
He asked what was wrong with me
He said I looked like a Hollywood girl
I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man
'Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world

(bridge)
And I never got serious
'Til everything went black
And I ain't so curious
That I'm ever going back

(chorus)
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie

(break)
(solo)
E5-Gis5-F#5 (3x)
E5-Gis5
Fis5-Gis5-E5

(chorus)
On the lie, he was
On the lie
On the lie, she was
On the lie
On the lie, he was
On the lie

Gis5It's all been aFis5 stinkin' E5lie

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