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The Whitest Lie

Bayside

RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

GmDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
D××
F
BbDiagram coming soon
Dm××
F#Diagram coming soon
A×

Chords & lyrics

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Intro: Coheed and Cambria vibe haha 
Gm  Eb  Cm  D x2 
 
Gm-Eb-Cm-D- 
Gm-Eb-Cm-Bb-Gm-F- 
 
 
verse 1: 
     Gm 
If I lied Said I was fine 
                Cm 
Would that mean anything? 
             F 
The more you know the less 
                       Bb D 
you'll eventually find out 
         Gm 
Like in school they never 
said that the world was 
Cm 
  split up into sides And 
     F 
they call them those who 
                   Bb D 
kill and those who die 
 
 
Refrain: 
       Eb     F 
And if living is a 
Dm             Eb 
vice I wish no virtue 
Eb              D     D(hold) 
  What could go wrong? 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
Gm               Eb 
Hold you close tonight 
                Bb 
Say that it's alright 
             F  D/F# 
Even if it's not 
           Gm 
Of all the lies I've 
           Eb 
told in my life 
   F               Bb 
To promise I would never 
F         D 
live you alone would 
F              Gm Eb Cm D Gm Eb Cm Bb Gm F 
be the whitest one 
 
 
verse 2: 
          Gm 
What providence what 
recompense to amount 
   Cm             F 
to anything But uneasy 
lies the head that 
          Bb   D 
wears the crown 
         Gm 
To which lie do you 
subscribe because you 
Cm 
  have to choose a pill 
       F 
If you haven't learned 
                       Bb  D 
that yet my friend you will 
 
 
(Repeat Refrain) 
 
 
Chorus 2: 
Gm               Eb 
Hold you close tonight 
                Bb 
Say that it's alright 
             F  D/F# 
Even if it's not 
           Gm 
Of all the lies I've 
           Eb 
told in my life 
   F               Bb 
To promise I would never 
F         D 
live you alone would 
F              Gm Eb Cm D 
be the whitest one 
 
 
Bridge: 
Eb   F     Gm      Bb 
  Be honest  Cause heaven 
           Cm      Gm 
knows if I fail at this 
    F 
I'd probably fail at 
        Eb       F 
anything  and My head it 
Gm        Bb                Cm 
  spins I think about where I'd 
    Gm    F(hold) 
end up if nobody was listening 
 
 
Chorus 3: Slower 3/4 beat 
Gm               Eb 
Hold you close tonight 
                Bb 
Say that it's alright 
             F  D/F# 
Even if it's not 
           Gm 
Of all the lies I've 
           Eb 
told in my life 
   F               Bb F/A 
To promise I would ne-ver 
Gm   F    Eb 
live you alone would 
F              Gm(hold) 
be the whitest one 
          
 

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Chord set

Gm · Eb · Cm · D · F · Bb · Dm · F# · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.