Why Do I Lie

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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 00:06:24 -0700
From: J F F 

 
Subject: l/luscious_jackson/why_do_i_lie.crd

Artist: Luscious Jackson (Cunniff)
Song: Why Do I Lie?
Album: Fever In Fever Out (Good Will Hunting Sndtrk.)

Tabbed by Justin Fitzgerald 
 
  

I'm pretty sure these are the right chords.  But correct me otherwise...

  
  E      
  Eb      
  C#      
  B
--7--  --6--   --4--   --7--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --7--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --8--|
--9--  --8--   --6--   --9--|
--7--  --6--   --4--   --9--|
--x--  --x--   --x--   --7--|

Intro:

  E  
  Eb  
  E  
  Eb  
  E  
  Eb  
  C#  (x2)

Verse 1:
        
  E          
  Eb
I would love to be better
        
  E          
  Eb
I would love to be free
        
  E          
  Eb
I would love to be perfect
     
  C#
when you look at me

    
  E                
  Eb
But instead I'm still cryin'
    
  E                
  Eb
yes instead I'm still lyin'
    
  E                
  Eb
sad to say I'm still tryin'

  C#
not to be me

       
  E           
  B
When I see all the weakness
       
  E           
  B
that I turned into sickness
        
  E           
  Eb
I still think I can slide
     
  C#
just fine on the ice

         
  E          
  Eb
It's not easy to be honest
    
  E              
  Eb
sometimes I'm just astonished
   
  E            
  Eb        
  C#
how hard it can be to be true

Chorus:

  E        
  B
Why do I lie?
      
  E           
  B
Is it just to get by
     
  E          
  B
If I give up my lines
       
  C#
will I die?

   
  E            
  B
If fortunes are favored
     
  E       
  B
then I am in labor
        
  E         
  B
and I'm tryin' so hard
         
  C#
to leave lyin' behind


  
   

Verse 2:
        
   E          
   Eb
I don't want to be hazy
        
   E              
   Eb
I don't think that I'm crazy
    
   E             
   Eb
but I've had some moments
      
   C#
where I am not sure

       
   E        
   Eb
and if you can forgive me
    
   E          
   Eb
for just being human
     
   E          
   Eb
then I will try harder
   
   C#
to keep my words pure

  
   E               
   B
I could be on the border
         
   E       
   B
It could be a disorder
    
   E          
   Eb
but honestly I think
     
   C#
that I can come clean

    
   E         
   Eb
and all of my stories
      
   E       
   Eb
might even be boring
   
   E          
   Eb
If I can tell you
  
   C#
what they all mean


   
    

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