How Can I Live A Lie Chords by Mungo Jerry

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[Dm] _ _ I was thinking about [C] all the dreams that I've had.
[G] I've seen all my hopes fade and [Dm] die.
_ _ The memories of [C] the life that we knew
[F] just ashes burn out of [Dm] my mind.
_ I remember how easy we got [C] through day to day,
[G] how simple our lives could be.
_ _ But then came the changes, [C] the money and greed
[F] that tore it away from [Dm] me.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, it was [Am] easy, _ [Bb] but _ it's a [Am] shame.
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Oh, it was [Am] _ easy, [Eb] how could we live this way?
[Dm] _ _ I [Dm] remember the joy of [C] the sunset glow
[G] while smoking my pipe on the [Dm] hill. _ _
Only the sounds [C] of the floods and the trees,
[F] there was peace everywhere, I was [Dm] so still.
_ The clouds opened up [C] as they hung in the sky
[G] of golden Christ [Dm]-Oleum hills.
_ And just like the spaceship [C] that soared overhead,
[F] there was God before I could [Dm] know Him.
_ And [Bb] I looked at the sun and [Am] it seemed to say
[Bb] there was heaven right there in the [Am] sky.
And [Bb] I thought about all the books [Am] I've ever read,
[Bb] and I knew we wasn't living a [F] lie.
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[Bb] Oh, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ people I [Bb] have told, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D]
how can I [Dm] live for life? _ _ _ _
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[Bb] Oh, _ [Am] it was easy, _ [Bb]
but _ [Am] it's a shame.
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Oh, it [Am] was _ easy, [Eb]
how can we live this [Dm] way?
_ _ [Bb] And I looked at the sun [Am] and it seemed to say
[Bb] there was heaven right there in [F] the sky.
_ [Bb] And I thought about all the [Am] books I've ever read,
[Bb] and I knew we wasn't living [F] a lie.
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Oh, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ people I _ [Bb] have told, _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] how can I live for life? _ _ _ _ _
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