Chords for Tommy Makem - The Liar

[F] _ Liar. _ _ _ _ _
I was born about ten [C] thousand years ago _
In Belmullet, in the county [F] of Mayo _
It was [Bb] me that chased the vermin
[F] While St.
Patrick preached a [C] sermon
And I'll whoop the man that says [F] it isn't so
I am rightful to [C] relate, to relate
There is no one who can tell a [F] lie like me
You [Bb] can search until you tire
You [F] won't find a bigger liar
[C] I've been lying since the dawn of [F] history _
I saw Eve go picking [C] apples off a tree
She came over and she offered [F] one to me
Well [Bb] I turned and said, yeah [G] madam
You [F] can try your luck with Adam
[C] I'm going home to have some fish [F] and chips and tea
Now, I'm rightful to relate, [C] to relate
And there is no one who [F] can tell a lie like me
You [Bb] can search until you tire
[F] You won't find a bigger liar
[C] I've been lying since the dawn [F] of history _
Well I saw Delilah putting [C] Samson's hair
She snipped away until his [F] head was bare
[Bb] When he couldn't run away
[F] Well she married him the next [C] day
And they opened up a barber [F] shop in Clare
I'm rightful to relate, [C] to relate _
And there is no one who can tell a [F] lie like me
You can [Bb] search until you tire
[F] You won't find a bigger [C] liar
I've been lying since the dawn [F] of history
With King Billy at the boy and I [C] heard him call
On his followers to follow [F] till they'd fall
[Bb] Then he says we'll win quite easily [G] and [F] we'll canonize [C] MacGregor
And they all sang a verse [F] of Dirty's Wall
I'm rightful to [C] relate, to relate
And there is no one who can tell a [F] lie like me
You can [Bb] search until you [F] tire
You won't find a bigger [C] liar
I've been lying since the dawn of [F] history _
It was during World [C] War II I met them all
There was Roosevelt and Churchill [F] and De Gaulle
[Bb] And one day I nearly fainted
[F] I was having my house [C] painted
There was Hitler hanging paper [F] in the hall
I'm rightful to relate, [C] to relate
There is no one who can tell a [F] lie like me
You [Bb] can search until you tire
[F] You won't find a bigger liar
[C] I've been lying since the dawn of [F] history _ Sing it!
I'm rightful to relate, [C] to relate _
There is no one who can tell [F] a lie like me
You [Bb] can search until you tire
[F] You won't find a bigger liar
[C] I've been lying since the dawn [F] of history _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
How _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ long is [C] America going to pretend the world is [Db] not at war?
We have to do more
I'm [Eb] going to [Fm] war
You just make sure it comes back for the both [Bbm] of us
[Ebm] _ December [Eb] 7th, _ [D] 1941
A [Fm] date which will live [G] in intimate
_ The United States of America
_ [B] Was suddenly and deliberately attacked
[Bb] By the Empire of Japan _
Pearl Harbor, the midweek movie
[F] Wednesday at 9.30 on RTE1
_ [C] Are [F] you hungry [G] because you're on a diet?
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ Sometimes [C] there's no getting away from those [F] _ [G] cravings
But there [F] is a smart way [C] to satisfy them
With [G] Danone Vitalinia [F] 0%
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