Lie No Better Chords by Delbert Mcclinton

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[A] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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Here comes dragging in, _ 3am again,
Bringing that silly grin, smelling [G] just like [D] sin,
Holding up that alibi, that tissue paper thin,
[E] Digging down deeper and deeper, in that hole you're already in,
[A] If you can't lie, know better, [D] if _ [A] you can't lie, know [D] better, _ _ _
[E] If you [D] can't lie, [C] know [A] better than [Em] that,
You might as [A] well tell the truth, _ _ _ _ _ _
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I know you've been fooling around,
With some fool from a big, wrong town,
[D] Telling [A] awkward things down, [D] making me [F#] out your clown,
[D] Looking for excuses, that you know can't be found,
[E] And the more your lips keep moving, the more you keep losing ground,
If [A] you can't lie, know better, [D] _ _ if [A] you can't lie, know better,
_ [D] _ If [E] you can't [D] lie, [C] know [A] better than [Em] that,
You might as well [A] tell the truth,
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[D] Said you was gone with that girl from up the street,
But I know [Am] better, [D] she called here looking for you,
And she told me, said you never met her,
And you could be more discreet with your love [Am] letter, _
[E] Honey I smell some other man, all over your cashmere sweater,
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[A] If you can't lie, _ _ [D] _ know better, [A] if you can't lie, know [D] better,
If you can't lie, know better, [A] if you can't lie, _ [D] _ _ know better,
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If you can't lie, [C] _ [A] that's [Em] all, _
[A] If you can't lie, know better,
[D] If you can't lie, know better,
[A] If you can't lie, know better,
[Am] [D] If you can't lie, know better,
[E] If you can't [D] lie, [C] _ [A] that's [Em] all
You might as well [A] tell the truth,
_ _ That's like, _ uh-huh, _ I guess you're expecting to [D] make up, [A] _ go to bed, get up in the morning,
everything be alright.
_ _ [D] _ [A] No, no way baby.
_ Get your business and get on out of here.
I don't really know how _ to see what you need.
_ _ Nope, yep, I don't want to hear that. _ _ _ _
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