[Intro]
D# C D# C
D# C Bb G
D# C D# C
D# C Bb G
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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
[Chorus 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Interlude]
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
[Chorus 1]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus 1]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Outro]
B C C C
B C C C
C D D D
C D D D
C D D D
D D D D
D D D D
