Goo Goo Dolls - On The Lie

[Intro]
B E
(x6)

[Verse 1]
B E
He burned down the house one night
B G#m E
He had a loaded six-pack gun
B
He said that Jesus Christ was
E
just like a cop You know you
B G#m F# E F#
never know when they’ll come

[Verse 2]
B E
She said every day above ground
B G#m E
was another dream come true
B
He said I’d hang and swap
E
cliches all night But
B G#m F# E F#
I’m not in love with you

[Refrain 1]
F# G#m
And I never got serious
B E
Til everything went black
F# G#m
And I ain’t so curious
B E
That I’m ever going back

[Chorus 1]
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie

[Verse 3]
B
He said man you
E
want to be Elvis
B
I said I ain’t
G#m E
dying face down
B
He said you gotta die
E
facing up in the world
B
cause there’s too
G#m F# E F#
many holes around

[Verse 4]
B E
He asked what was wrong
B
with me He said I looked
G#m E
like a Hollywood girl
B
I said that Hollywood can
E
fall into the ocean man
B
cause it’s the ugliest
G#m
place in the whole
F# E F#
wide world and

[Refrain 1]
F# G#m
And I never got serious
B E
Til everything went black
F# G#m
And I ain’t so curious
B E
That I’m ever going back

[Chorus 2]
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# G#m
On the lie

[Instrumental]
E G#m F# x4

then

[Guitar Solo]
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F#

[Chorus 3]
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie

[Chorus 4/Outro]
B F# E
On the lie
B F# E
On the lie
G#m
It’s all been
F# E
a stinking lie