Lies Chords by Stan Rogers

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ At [G] last the kids are gone now for the day.
_ _ [Em] She reaches for the [C] coffee as [G] the school bus pulls [D] away.
_ Another day to tend the [D] house and plan
_ [Em] For Friday at the Legion [C]
when [G] she's dancing with her [D] man.
Sure was a bitter winter [D] but Friday will be fine
[Em] And maybe last year's Easter dress [C] will serve her one more time.
[G] She passed for 29 but for [D] _ eyes
_ [Am] But winter lines are telling [G] wicked lies. _
Oh, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [C] _
lies.
All [G] those lines are telling [A]
wicked [D] lies.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm]
Lies, [C] _ [C] all lies. _
[G] Too many lines there in that face
Too [A] many to erase or to [C] disguise.
[D] They must be telling [G] _ lies. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [C] Is _ _ [G] this the face that won for her [D] the man? _ _
Who's [Em] amazed and [C] clumsy fingers put [G] that ring upon her [D] hand.
No need to search that mirror for the years.
The _ [Em] menace in their [C] message [G] shouts across the blur [D] of tears.
[G] So this is beauty's finish [D] like Rodin's Bel Amier.
[Em] The pretty maiden trapped inside [C] the ranch wife's toil and care.
[G] Well, after seven kids that's [D] no surprise. _ _
But [Am] why cannot her mirror tell [G] her lies?
_ [Am] Oh, _ _ [C] _
lies.
_ _ _ All [G] those lines are telling [D] wicked lies. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] Lies, [C] all lies.
_ [G] Too many lines there in that face
Too [A] many to erase or to [C] disguise.
[D] They must be [G] telling lies. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Then she shakes off the bitter web [D] she wove.
_ _ _ [Em] Turns to set the mirror [C]
gently [G] face down by [D] the stove.
She gathers up her apron [D] in her hand. _ _
_ [Em] Pours a cup of [C] coffee and [G] drips carnation from [D] the can.
[G] And thinks ahead to Friday, _ [D] as Friday will be fine.
[Em] She'll look up in that weathered face that [C] loves hers line for line.
[G] To see that maiden shining [D] in his _ eyes.
[Am] And laugh at how her [D] mirror [G] tells her lies.
_ [Am] Oh, _
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ lies. _
All [G] those lines are telling [D] wicked lies.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Lies, _ [D] _
[C] all lies.
Too [G] many lines there in that face.
Too [A] many to erase or to [C] disguise.
_ They must be telling [Am] _ _
[C] lies. _ _ _ _ _
All [G] those lines are telling [D] wicked lies.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C]
Lies, [C] all lies.
_ [G] Too many lines there in that face.
[A] Too many to erase or to [C] disguise.
[D] They must be [G] telling lies.
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