Intro: C F Caug C G
Verse 1:
C
There's a lie that I told to you
G C G C
That now I can't tell the truth
G C Fm C
And it ate me inside, so one soft drunken night
C Fm
I slept with a man you knew
Verse 2:
C Fm
In the morning I walked home alone
Caug Cmaj7
And the businessmen saw my bones
C Fm Caug F G
With my skirt in their eyes, they remembered the nights
Cmaj7 F Fm C
When they were that man you knew
Bridge:
Am
You told me once
Am
You were happy to have me
Am Caug Cmaj7
But I never gave me away
Caug
There's a lie that I told to you
Ab Ab Ab Ab Verse 3:
Caug
I would give you my heart, I think
Caug C G7
But it's up in a branch of a tree
C F Fm
It was only to tease when he climbed up the tree
Fm G Cmaj7
Put my heart where I couldn't reach
Verse 4:
Cmaj7 C
I didn't mind, I adored him so
C Caug C
We forgot, and we left for home
F Fm G7
And that was so long ago, now the tree it has grown
Verse 5:
F C
And nobody knows my lover is buried underground
C Fm Caug C
Nobody knows my lo ver is buried underground
C
Nobody knows my lover is buried underground