The Big Lie
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"The Big Lie" - Sanford Clark
A-side on the single "The Big Lie / Where's The Door" (1967)
Track 5 of 5 on the EP "Once Upon a Time" (2016)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnHQUHhTxWk [!]
[Intro]
G A7 D
[Verse 1]
D A7 D
Down these city streets I walk tall, I walk proud
A7 D
With a 40 dollar shirt, my head above the crowd
G D G
The people of this town tip their hats as I walk by
D A7 D
They nod their heads and say, "There goes a lucky guy"
G A7 D
They don't know I'm living the big lie
[Verse 2]
D A7 D
Everything I want I have and ten times more
A7 D
Everything but you and you're all I'm living for
G D G
Too proud to ask you back, too hurt to even try
D A7 D
While the outside of me laughs, on the inside, I cry
G A7 D
Everyday, I'm living the big lie
A B7 E
[Verse 3]
E B7 E
This smile that I wear keeps the wrongs I've done inside
B7 E
But a man can't face himself, too much guilt to hide
A E A
I wish I could be free from this never-ending lie
E B7 E
But the risk of losing face makes the price much too high
A B7 E
So I'll go on living the big lie
E
The big lie
E
The big lie
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