Key: D
Introduction:
C Am
Well little girl you can roll your eyes at the very sight of me
F
Do everything in spite of me
G D#
But baby don?t you lie to me
C
I?ll take your mood swings
Am
I?ll dig a hole in your dishonesty
F
I will kneel down in your company
G
But baby don?t you lie to me
D# C
I?ll be your red-cheeked lover
D# C
And your man of regret
D# C Bb G
There?ll be no desert too dry and no ocean too wet
D# C
I?ll be your punchbag substitute
D# C
I?ll sharpen your claws
D# C Bb G
When you come tumbling down you?re still in my thoughts
G# D#
Well there?s just one thing baby I could never abide
Bb D# Bb
No matter how much you beg no matter how hard you try
G# D#
You can tell me that I?ll never be free
Bb
But baby don?t you lie to me
C Am
Well little sister I can handle the thought of you despising me
F
Dancin? on my grave and baptising me
G D#
As long as baby you don?t lie to me
C
I?ll bend until you have broken my will
Am
I?ll be no enemy
F
You?ll never hear so much as a complaint from me
G
As long as baby you don?t lie to me
D# C
Well you can take my house
D# C
Don?t take my pride
D# C Bb G
Take all my valentines cards and tear them open wide
D# C D# C
Chase my friends, ruin my name
D# C Bb G
I won?t ever fight back I?ll be easy to blame
G# D#
Well there?s just one thing baby I will always despise
Bb D# Bb
Not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
G# D#
I got only one reasonable plea
Bb
Baby don?t you lie to me
G# D#
Burn my house, throw me out, pull me down, sell my clothes
Bb D# Bb
I?ll dig you out of a hole when your ignorance shows
G# D#
I?ll be anything you need me to be
Bb
Baby don?t you lie to me
B F#
Every time your lips move baby
B F#
Someone somewhere?s bound to cry
B F# G#
I don?t even think you?re quite aware of how or why
B F#
Life for you could be so easy
B F#
If you?d only shut your mouth
B F#
Every time you feel those words come
G# F#
Runnin? out, runnin? out, runnin? out
G# F#
Runnin? out, runnin? out, runnin? out
Bb
Runnin? out, runnin? out, runnin? out
Bb
Runnin? out, runnin? out, runnin? out
Bb
Ahhhhh
G# D#
Well there?s just one thing baby I could never abide
Bb D# Bb
No matter how much you beg no matter how hard you try
G# D#
You can tell me that I?ll never be free
Bb
But baby don?t you lie to me
G# D#
Drag my name and reputation over the cold hard stones
Bb
Break my heart up into pieces honey
D# Bb
Shatter my bones
G# D#
You can kill me with your repartee,
Bb
Baby don?t you lie to me
G# D#
Well there?s just one thing baby I will always despise
Bb D# Bb
Not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
G# D#
I got only one reasonable plea
Bb
Baby don?t you lie to me
G# D#
Burn my house, throw me out, pull me down, sell my clothes (Oh Yeah!)
Bb D# Bb
I?ll dig you out of a hole when your ignorance shows
G# D#
I?ll be anything you need me to be
Bb
Baby don?t you lie to me