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Running Out Of Lies Chords

Music by: Etta James
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I'm tired [D]of lying,
peeping [Dm]an d hiding
[G]And low cla[D]ss places
[Dm]Oh I'm so [G]tired, baby

[Verse 2]
I'm tired of [D]worrying,
whenev[G]er I come home late
With my lip[D]stick, oh its [Dm]off my [G]face, yeah
You [Bm]can

[Verse 3]
rest assured my
man's no fool
He can [Em]tell I been loving you
[Bm]Stealing your love is getting
harder and harder
The ex[G]cuses I been giving
[A]just won't hold water

[Verse 4]
[A]I'm running out of [Bm]lies, [A]lies, [D]lies
Getting [G]hard to think of [D]an alib[G]i
[Bm]Lies, [A]lies, [D]lies
Getting [G]hard to think of an [Bm]alibi[Em][G]
[A]Please say goodbye
[D][G]

[Verse 5]
I've got too many [D]ali [G]Oh [D]yes [G]I do

[Verse 6]
[G]
Well [D]I'm spreading,
spreading [G]myself a little too thin
Trying to do [D]the job, yeah,
of [G]too many women

[Verse 7]
[G]
You can [Bm]rest assured my
man's no fool
He can [Em]tell just as good I
been loving you
[Bm]Stealing your love is getting
harder and harder
The ex[G]cuses I been giving
[A]just won't hold water

[Verse 8]
[A]I'm running out of [Bm]lies, [A]lies, [D]lies
Getting [G]hard to think of an alibi
[Bm]Running out of [A]lies [D]Getting
[G]hard to think of an alibi

[Verse 9]
[D]My man ain't no [Bm]fool, He [D]can[Dm] tel[G]l,
He can tell just [A]as good [D]that I been out with somebody else,
oh yes [G]he can
You know a lot of times [D]I
don't wanna talk about it
[G]I try, I try to get it off of my mind
[D]But then my conscience,
you know everybody got [G]a conscience
My conscience get to bothering me
And when I try [D]to go to sleep [Bm]at night
[D]See[G]m lik[Dm]e to me I ca[G]n hear
my conscience say
[D]"Etta you oughta be ashamed [G]of yourself you know
you got a good man and you oughta treat [D]him right."
I made a deal with my [G]conscience That if my conscience didn't bother me I sure wouldn't bother
[D]my conscience But [Dm]every now [G]and then it comes around to me and tells me
[D]"Etta [G]you know you been wrong,
yes you have."
[D]A lot of women out there been w[G]rong
You oughta go [Bm]to your man [A]and tell [D]him bab[G]y oh I'm
sorry for taking you through all of these changes.
[Bm]I'm so sorry b[A]aby. I[D]'m sorry
that I did you [G]wrong.
I'm sorry that I broke
your heart baby

[Verse 10]
And it seem like [D]to me I'm running out of lies [G]It's
getting hard to [D]think [G]of [D]an alibi
[D][G]
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