Liars' Bar Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][E][D][G][D]
[E][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
Well sitting in [D]a bar
alone
[E]Where no- one knows your name
[G]Is like lay[D]ing in a graveyard
[G]Wide awa[D]ke[G][D]
You're scared that if you cough or yawn
[E]You might wake up the dea[D]d
[Em]So prete[G]nd to read a paper
Or just drink [D]instead

[Verse 2]
[D]
I'm a stand- up comedian
[E]But I'd sit down if I could
[G]The world jus[D]t seems
To want [G]folk like [D]me to stand
And the punch- lines seem to disappear
[E]Like clouds across [Em]the sky[G]
And the laughter could be [D]real
Or could [G]be canned[D]

[Verse 3]
[D]Rum by the kettle drum
[E]Whiskey by [A]the jar[Asus4]
At [A]Li ar's Bar
[D][E][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]
Well living with a lying man
Could nev[E]er really hurt
But liv[G]ing with [D]a drunk
Well no- one deserves
And you're looking for your
husband
[E]You're not sure he's still alive
Don't [G]bother with the cemetery
[D]He'll be down at liar's dive

[Verse 5]
I'm [D]a traveling businessman
I just [E]stopped in for one drink
You'll [G]find
That I'm not [D]like the other men
Their noses are red
Whilst [E]mine is only pink
And they [G]didn't choose their drink
[D]Their drink chose [A]them

[Verse 6]
[D]Rum by the kettle drum
[E]Whiskey by [Em]the jar[A][Asus4]
At [A]Li ar's [D]Bar

[Verse 7]
[E]And [Em]the [G]grav[D]e-[A]
[D]digger's smiling
At his [E]re flection in his spade
He's [G]visiting the seediest
[D]The shallowest [G]of graves
[Asus4]The vocal cho[D]rds of elephants
And the [E]characters of mice
[G]They're singing "whiskey,
whiskey"
[D]So good they named it twice
[E][Em][D]

[Verse 8]
Well don't pass buildings with lights on
If I [E]said that I did I'd have lied
'Cause what [G]looks like a
[D]Chinese [G]restaurant
May have [D]Chinese New Year inside
[A]And son[D] all my life I've been searching
The [E]bars I've been in I forget
The [G]lights out[D]side ever brighter
But a light on the inside [A]not yet

[Verse 9]
[D]Rum by the kettle drum
[E]Whiskey by the [A]jar
At Liar's Bar
[D][E][G][A]

[Verse 10]
[D][G]
[Asus4]And he's a wo[D]rld- wide traveler
He's [E]not like me or you
[Em]But [G]he comes in mighty regul[D]ar[G]
For one [D]who's passing [A]through
[D]That one came in his work clothes
He's [E]missed his last bus home
He's missed [G]a hell of a lot of buses
For a [D]man who wants to roam
[E][G][D]

[Verse 11]
[A]If I loo[D]k rough I am rough
If I [E]look sad I am
If I [G]look [D]broke I am [G]broke
[A]Just a bro[D]ke down piece
of man
[E][G]

[Verse 12]
[D][G]
[A]I've [D]turned over enough leaves
To fill an autumn
And if I [E]had one final wish
I'd be your [G]slave [A]for a dec[G]ade
If you could [D]take me away from this
[A]If [D]you took me away from this
I'd be dif[E]ferent you'd see
'Cause I [G]didn't choose the drink
A drink [D]just chose [A]me

[Verse 13]
[D]Rum by the kettle drum
[E]Whiskey by [A]the jar[Asus4]
At Liar's Bar
[D][E][G]

[Verse 14]
[D]
[A]Well I'm smo[D]king like
a chimney
[E]And I'm drinking like a [Asus4]fish
At Liar's [D]Bar