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The Biggest Lie

Bright Eyes

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
Am×○○
F
Em○○○○
G○○○
G7○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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verse 1 
    C                Am 
I'm wait~ing for the train 
F      Em            C     G   Am 
The subway that only goes~ one way 
F          G              F               Am 
The stupid thing~ that'll come to pull us apart 
    G              C 
And make everybody late 
 
verse 2 
    C                     Am 
You spent~ everything you had 
F      Em            C     G    Am 
Wanted everything to stop~ that bad 
F             G                    F             Am 
And now I'm a crushed credit card~ registered to Smith 
        G                     C 
Not the name that you call me with 
 
Bridge 
C Am F G  
C Am  
F G C Am C G 
 
verse 3 
           C             Am 
You turned white~ like a saint 
    F                Em          C     G      Am 
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold~ flaked paint 
F         G          F                 Am 
Oh, we're so~ (very) precious, you and I 
         G                  F                Am 
And everything~ that you do makes me want to die 
F     G7                    C Am F 
Oh, I just told the biggest lie 
  G                     C Am F 
I just told the biggest lie 
G           C Am C 
The biggest lie

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Chord set

C · Am · F · Em · G · G7

Practice tip

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