A Thousand Lies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G]
[Db][Db5][G][Db][D][G][Db][Db5][G]
[Db][Db5][G][Db5][G][D][Db][Db5][G]
[D][Db][Db5][G]
[Db][Db5][G][Db][Db5][G][Ab5]
[G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Ab5]

[Verse 1]
[Ab5]What is a man that stays true to the game
But has to cheat a little to get by
Well that's a person that
I know too well
Don't want to know but I don't
have to ask why
[G]Everyone like [C#5]a loaded gun
You want some [G]shit I'll fuckin'
pound [C#5]you, son
[D]Don't need a reason, pain [C#5]I'm feelin'
I gotta [Ab5]vent or else I blow ins[C#]ide
[C#5]

[Verse 2]
[Ab5]Introspection, termination
Can't tell [G]right [A]from wrong[Bb5]
[G]Fed up [Ab5]with this whole system
It's gone on [E]far too long
[F#5]You tell a[G]

[Verse 3]
thousand [C#]lies been
[C#5]told a t[G]housand t[C#5]imes
[D]Your wor[G]ds we [D]hear but[C#5] we
[G]cannot sympathize
[D]Thousand [C#]lies been [C#5]told a
[G]thousand [D]tim[C#5]es
[G]Hard as [C#]nails the [C#5]power [G]to survive
[Ab5]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Ab5]

[Verse 4]
[Ab5]What's a man
that stays true to the game
But can't believe some of the
[G]things he [Ab5]sees
Anger's a gift and I won't be kept down
In poverty there is no democracy
Used [G]needle [D]and a cra[C#]ck vil[C#5]e
A broken [Ab5]bottle and a [D]bullet [C#5]shell[C#][C#5]
[G]This urban lif[D]e is so [C#5]volatile[C#]
[C#5]An inner [G]city [Ab5]or a c[D]oncrete hel[C#5]l

[Verse 5]
[Ab5]Introspection, termination
Can't tell right from [G]wrong
[Bb5]Fed up[G] wit[Ab5]h this whole system[E]
[Ab5]It's gone on far too l[E]ong[F#5]
[G]You tell

[Verse 6]
a thousand [C#5]lies been told
[G]a thousand t[C#5]imes[D][C#5]
Your [G]word[D] s we hear bu[C#5]t we[C#]
cannot [G]sympathize
[Ab5]Thousand [C#5]lies been told a[D]
thousand [C#5]times[C#][C#5]
[G]Hard as [D]nails [C#5]the po[C#]wer [C#5]to sur[G]vive

[Verse 7]
[G]So[E][G][Bb5][A5][Ab5][B]
[B5][B][G][A][B5][B][C#5][C][B5][Ab5][B5][B][Bm][Bb5]
[G][B][G][Ab5][G][B][Ab5][G][B][Bb5][Ab5][B][Ab5]
[G][B5][G][B][Bb5][G][C][B][Bb5][Ab5][G][B]
[G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G]
[Bb5][G][Ab5][G]
[F5]pick[G][Ab5][G][Ab5]

[Interlude 2]
it up, pick it up, pick it up, get up
[Ab5][G]

[Verse 8]
[Ab5]What is a man don't stay
true to the game
Don't care for no one,
only cares for his greed
He's playin' God killin'
thousands of people
'Cause the power is the fix that he needs
[G]Ra cist goal of the white [Db5]devil
I watched our [Ab5]soul burnin' o[Db5]ver oil
[G]A politic[D]ian got n[Db5]o feelin'
It makes my [Ab5]motherfuckin'
[G]cold blood [Db5]boil

[Verse 9]
[Ab5]Introspection, termination
Can't tell right [G]from wrong
Fed up with this [Ab5]whole system
It's gone on far too [G]long

[Verse 10]
You tell a [G]thousand [Db]lies been
[Db5]told a t[G]housand t[D]ime[Db5]s
Your [G]words [D]we hear but we
cannot [G]sympath[Db5]ize
[G]Thousand [Db5]lies been told
a [G]thousand [D]times
[G]Hard [D]as [Db]nails the [D]power [G]to survive

[Verse 11]
[G]Slow[Ab5][Cb][Ab5][G][Cb][G][Ab5][G][Cb]
[Ab5][G][Cb]
[G][Cb][G][A][G][Cb][Ab5][G][Cb][Bb5][Ab5][G]
[Cb]Slow[G][E][G][Cb][G][Cb][G][Cb][Ab5][G]
[B][Ab5][Bb5][A][Ab5][B]
[C][B][Ab5][Bb5][G][C][B][Ab5][G]
[B][C][B][Ab5][G][Bb][G]
[B]Slow[Ab5]

[Outro 1]
[C][B][B][C][B][Ab5]
[Ab5][C][B][Ab5][B][C#][C]