Jun242023

Nessa Barrett – Lie Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG D Em

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[Verse 1]
    G
The hardest pill to swallow
   G
Is knowing that tomorrow
           D
you're not
D
 mine, mine, mine
   G
If I don't get to have you
      G
Thank God our matching
                 D
tattoos last for
D
 life, life, life

[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Oh, I know I can't help
Em                  D
if you meet someone else
                    D
If you meet someone else

[Chorus]
                 G
You can take her home
                G
She can get you high
                 D
You can hold her heart
                     D
even after you broke mine
                 G
You can kiss her softly
               G
Never make her cry
You can tell her that
     D
you love her,
                  D
as long as it's a lie

[Post-Chorus]
                  Em
As long as it's a liе
               D
Promise you'll lie
               D
Promise you'll liе

[Verse 2]
G
I still kept the ring
G                         D
Even if I'll never be your
D
 bride, why? Why?
G
You can grow old together
G
As long as the last name
                D
 on your lips is
D
 mine, mine, mine.

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[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Oh, I know I can't help
Em                  D
if you meet someone else
                    D
If you meet someone else

[Chorus]
                 G
You can take her home
                G
She can get you high
                 D
You can hold her heart
                     D
even after you broke mine
                 G
You can kiss her softly
               G
Never make her cry
You can tell her that
     D
 you love her,
                  D
as long as it's a lie

[Post-Chorus]
                  Em
As long as it's a liе
               D
Promise you'll lie
               D
Promise you'll liе
                 Em
As long as it's a liе
               D
Promise you'll lie
               D
Promise you'll lie

[Outro]
G
Mm-mm-mm-mm
G
Mm-mm-mm-mm
D
Mm-mm-mm
D
Mm-mm-mm
G
Mm-mm-mm-mm
G
Mm-mm-mm-mm
D
Mm-mm-mm
D
Mm-mm-mm

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How to play Lie: key, chords and progression

These are Lie chords by Nessa Barrett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Lie by Nessa Barrett keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 3 chords: G, D and Em.

Listen for D – G – D – Em (I – IV – I – ii in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.