On The Lie by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by googoodolls@musicfanclubs.org) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://www.musicfanclubs.org/googoodolls/index.html (tune your high e to f# - be careful of breakage) Intro: (r.f. 1 - guitar 1) F#-----0------------------|---0--------------------- B -----0------------------|---0--------------------- G --4---------------------|-4----------------------- D --4--------2------------|-4------2---------------- A --2--------2----------2-|-2------2--------2------- E -----------0------0-4---|--------0----0-4--------- (riff 1 - guitar 2) w/ r.f.1 (by guitar 1) F#----------------------------|--------------------------- B ----------------------------|--------------------------- G ----------------------------|--------------------------- D ----------------------------|--------------------------- A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------ E ---------------4------------|--------------4------------ F#----------------------------|--------------------------- B ----------------------------|--------------------------- G ----------------------------|--------------------------- D ----------------------------|--------------------------- A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------ E ---------------4------------|--------------0------------ (verse) B5 E5 He burnt down the house one night B5 G#5 E5 He had a loaded six-pack gun B5 E5 He said that Jesus Christ was just like a cop B5 D#5-C#5-B5-C#5* You know, you never know when they'll come (* = don't play the root of the chord) (verse) She said every day above ground Was another dream come true He said I'd hang and swap clichés all night But I'm not in love with you (bridge) F#5 G#m And I never got serious B5 E5 'Til everything went black F#5 G#5 And I ain't so curious B5 E5 That I'm ever going back (chorus: Play Intro) On the lie On the lie On the lie On the lie (verse) He said, man, you want to be Elvis I said I ain't dying face down He said you've got to die facing up in the world 'Cause there's too many holes around (verse) He asked what was wrong with me He said I looked like a Hollywood girl I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man 'Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world (bridge) And I never got serious 'Til everything went black And I ain't so curious That I'm ever going back (chorus) On the lie On the lie On the lie On the lie (break) (solo) E5-G#5-F#5 (3x) E5-G#5 F#5-G#5-E5 (chorus) On the lie, he was On the lie On the lie, she was On the lie On the lie, he was On the lie G#5 F#5 E5 It's all been a stinkin' lie This file is copyright googoodolls@musicfanclubs.org, 1997. You are free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.