Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh Bright Eyes Intro: E --------2-----------2-------------------------------------| G ----------2-----------2----------3-2----------------------| B ------2-----2-----2-----2--------2-2---------4------------| D ----4---------4-0----------0---2-----2----4--4------------| A -----------------------------0------------2--2--2h4p2-----| E ----------------------------------------------------------| F#m D A Bm The phone slips from a loose grip F#m D A Bm Words were missed, then some apology F#m D I didn't want to tell you this A Bm F#m No, it's just some guy she's been hanging out with D A Bm I don't know, the past couple of weeks, I guess F#m D Thank you and hang up the phone A Bm Let the funeral start, hear the casket close F#m D A Bm Let's pin split-black ribbon to your overcoat F#m D A The laughter pours from under doors in this house Bm F#m I don't understand that sound no more D A G Seems artificial, like a T.V. set Bm Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh A This weight, it must be satisfied G You offer only one reply A You know not what you do Bm As you tear and tear your hair from roots A Of that same head you've twice removed G Now a lock of hair you said would prove A Our love would never die Bm Well, ha ha ha F#m D I remember everything A Bm F#m The words we spoke on freezing South Street D All those mornings watching you A Bm Get ready for school F#m D You combed your hair inside that mirror A The one you painted blue Bm F#m And glued with jewelry tears D Something about those bright colors A Bm Would always make you feel better F#m D But now we speak with ruined tongues A Bm F#m And the words we say aren't meant for anyone D It's just a mumbled sentence to A Bm A passing acquaintance But there was once you F#m D A You said you hate my suffering, and you understood Bm F#m And you'd take care of me D You'd always be there A G Well, where are you now? Bm Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh A The plans were never finalized G But left to hang like yarn and twine A Dangling before my eyes Bm As you tear and tear your hair from roots A From that same head that you have twice removed G Now, a lock of hair you said would prove A Our love would never die Bm And I sing and sing of awful things A The pleasure that my sadness brings G As my fingers press onto the strings A Yet another clumsy chord Bm Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie A This weight would now be satisfied G I'm gonna give you only one reply A I know not who I am Bm G But I talk in the mirror A D To the stranger that appears G Our conversations are circles G A Always one sided, nothing is clear Bm G Except we keep coming back A D To this meaning that I lack Bm He says the choices were given G And now, you must live them A Or just not live Bm But do you want that? -Anders Johnsson