Honesty Is No Excuse Chords by Thin Lizzy
Tempo:
123.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
Bm
A
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Up to now, I used to pass my time
Drinking [D] beer so slowly, [G]
sometimes wine
No God, air, [E] water or sunshine
honesty was my only [F#] excuse
[Bm] I took your love [D] and I [E]
used it
to now, my youthful stage
Drinking [D] beer so slowly, [G]
sometimes wine
No God, air, [E] water or sunshine
honesty was my only [F#] excuse
[Bm] I took your love [D] and I [E]
used it
to now, my youthful stage
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Bm
A
G
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Up to now, I used to pass my time _ _
Drinking [D] beer so slowly, [G] _
sometimes wine
_ [Bm]
No God, air, [E] water or _ sunshine
_ [C#m] And honesty was my only [F#] excuse
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I took your love [D] _ and I [E]
used it
_ _ [A] Up to now, _ my youthful stage
_ A useless [D] range of tone, I've [G] been to one at least
_ A [Bm] dirty shade [A] of bitchy rain, I [E] have been [E] made
_ [C#m] And honesty was my only _ [F#] excuse
_ _ [F#] _ [Bm] I took your love [A] _ and [E] I used it
Yeah, _ _ _ _ yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Bm] yeah
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Up [A] to now, _ _ my love life _
_ _ Youth with kisses, [D] a little music, [G] a fucking [G] night
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
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I [Bm] used to take a lot by the hand, and [E] I abused it. _
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_ _ [A] Up to now, _ I used to tell them, _ _ take a gun [D] by the hand, [G] I need you, I need you, I need
[Bm] you, and I abused it.
My romance, ooh oh, [D] _ [E] I had me some chances, _ [C#m] and all this was my only [F#] excuse. _ _ _
_ [Bm] I used to take a [A] look, [E] and I abused it. _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ The purple lake, _ _ _ where [D] enough, enough was [G] fair.
_ Oh
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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Up to now, I used to pass my time _ _
Drinking [D] beer so slowly, [G] _
sometimes wine
_ [Bm]
No God, air, [E] water or _ sunshine
_ [C#m] And honesty was my only [F#] excuse
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I took your love [D] _ and I [E]
used it
_ _ [A] Up to now, _ my youthful stage
_ A useless [D] range of tone, I've [G] been to one at least
_ A [Bm] dirty shade [A] of bitchy rain, I [E] have been [E] made
_ [C#m] And honesty was my only _ [F#] excuse
_ _ [F#] _ [Bm] I took your love [A] _ and [E] I used it
Yeah, _ _ _ _ yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Bm] yeah
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
Up [A] to now, _ _ my love life _
_ _ Youth with kisses, [D] a little music, [G] a fucking [G] night
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
I [Bm] used to take a lot by the hand, and [E] I abused it. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Up to now, _ I used to tell them, _ _ take a gun [D] by the hand, [G] I need you, I need you, I need
[Bm] you, and I abused it.
My romance, ooh oh, [D] _ [E] I had me some chances, _ [C#m] and all this was my only [F#] excuse. _ _ _
_ [Bm] I used to take a [A] look, [E] and I abused it. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ The purple lake, _ _ _ where [D] enough, enough was [G] fair.
_ Oh
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _