I Wish I Could Lie
Intro - C / D /F#m / Em - F#m / Em / D
VERSE 1
C D
if i said i love you - if I tried to care
F#m B
I could keep you waiting, when i had time to spare
E F#m -G- F#m
I would be true to you, in duty and in deed
C D
I would be your last resort, I'd be your friend in need
C D
and by the way that you want me, by the way that you appeal
F#m B
I can see you settling, for an underhanded deal
C D
and if i hold the aces, I’d like to play them one by one
F#m Em
And lay them all before you
F#m Em D
and leave you when they’re gone
CHORUS
D A
and I’d like to take you riding, in body & in mind
G D
further than the ones you left behind
D A
to be the first to know you, I would like to hold the key
G D
and for the one that you remember to be me
D A
but in the face of your beauty, and the light of your age
G D
i'm afraid i'm going to have to let you go
D A G D
and oh, i wish i could lie, i wish i could lie oh i wish i could lie
D A G F#m Em D
and oh, i wish i could lie, i wish i could lie
VERSE 2
for the sake of shelter, i let you take me in
when you're lying with a loser no-one needs (wants) to win
I am a past master at the art of making out
I can keep you wondering and leave you in no doubt
about the way that I want you or the way that i appeal
still wont stop me settling on that second handed deal
C D
and if i hold the aces, I’d like to play them one by one
F#m Em
And lay them all before you
F#m Em D
and leave you when they’re gone
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