Capo 1
 
Intro: Dm F x2

         Dm
It ain’t complicated
              F
Well I’ve grown to hate it
   Bb
I never liked the taste of crow
        C
But baby I ate it
             Dm
They tried to warn me
                  F
They said that you were ornery
       Bb                                    G
So don’t bring me those big brown eyes and tell me 
that you’re sorry
     Bb              C
You might as well throw gasoline on a fire
         F C Bb
The way you lie
   F       C               Bb         F
You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man’s floor
       F       C                Bb        F
Yeah you lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
       Dm       Bb                    C    F
Well you lie like a penny in a parking lot at the grocery store
          Gm           Bb
It just comes way too natural to you
           F C Bb
The way you lie
           Dm               F
That ain’t my perfume, I bet she had a curfew
    Bb                              C
You told me you were out with the boys and baby I believed you
                Dm
So why you lookin’ so nervous
                Bb
You know you kind of deserve this
        F
I ought to kill you right now
                      G
And do the whole wide world a service
       Bb
Well my daddy’s gonna straighten you out
            C
Like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire
           F C Bb
The way you lie

    F                    C           Bb       F
You lie like the man with the slicked back hair 
who sold me that Ford
    F                C                Bb       F
Yeah you lie like a pine tree in the back yard after 
last month’s storm
       Dm              Bb            C    F
Well you lie like a penny in a parking lot 
at the grocery store
          Gm           Bb
It just comes way too natural to you
           F C Bb
The way you lie
 Bb
Well I tell you what I’m gonna do
       Dm       F 
I’m gonna drive to the big old muddy river
        Bb                            A
I’m gonna park my car in the middle 
of the mile long bridge
              Dm
And then I’m gonna cry
              F
Well maybe just a little
 Bb
Then I’m gonna slip off the ring 
that you put on my finger
    C
And give it a big old fling and watch it sink
 Bb       C
Down, down, down
    F          C         Bb
And there it’s gonna lie until the Lord comes back around
         F        C
Because you lie like a priceless
            Bb       F
Persian rug on a rich man’s floor
       F       C                Bb        F
Yeah you lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch
       Dm      Bb                    C     F
Well you lie like a penny in a parking lot at the grocery store
       Gm               Bb
It just comes so dang natural to you
          F C Bb
The way you lie
          F C Bb
The way you lie
       Bb
Well it’s what you do, it’s who you are

C   D     G       Cadd9
I was meant to be by your side
   C    D    G       Cadd9
And I have waited here a long time
   C    D   G           Cadd9
For you to turn around and notice me
   Am               D
But now you're here holding hands with me
C           D              G
Walk me down the middle of the county fair
C           D              G  G7
Walk me down the middle like you don't care
C         D
Walk me by the Ferris wheel
      G   D      Cadd9
And make sure that she sees
C             D           C / G / D
Let the whole world know you belong to me
 
C D   G           Cadd9
I heard about your bitter end
    C     D       G               Cadd9
About how she stole your heart and put it back again
     C     D    G          Cadd9
Well I may not be the prettiest girl around
    Am            D
But I sure am a sight for sore, sore eyes

C           D         G
Walk me down the middle of Main Street
C               D          G  G7
Walk me down where the whole town will be
     C      D
I don't need no parade
      G      D  Cadd9
But make sure that she sees
C            D            C / G / D
Let the whole word know you belong to me 

C / G / D

           C     G
I'd walk through fire for you
              C     G
Walk through barbed wire for you
         C       G
I'd walk for miles, it's true
     C     D
Just to be with you
     C           D              G
If you walk me down the middle of my momma's church
C           D              G  G7
Walk me down that aisle in your finest shirt
C             D
Let the whole world know you will
C           D              G
Walk me down the middle of the county fair
C           D              G G7
Walk me down the middle like you don't care
C         D
Walk me by the Ferris wheel
       G    D   Cadd9
And make sure they all see
C             D            C / G / D
Let the whole world know you belong to me

Outro: C / G / D

Intro: C G   C G   C G D (x2)

C (hold)            C G (x2)
I don't know what I was thinkin'
C (hold)                           C G D
You were no good but you could do some fancy talkin'
Em        C
I'm not your Trixie Delight
     G      D
Or a gumball machine
Em           C
You can keep your quarter man
         D
'Cause you won't get nothing sweet out of me

G                  D
I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
Em         C
I'm quittin' you
G                  C
Like a girl wants her chocolate, yeah
G                      D
I know that I'll miss you
       G           D                  
But I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
Em              C
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
         G       C
'Cause you're my bad habit and
D
I'm quittin' you

C G   C G   C G D

C (hold)                  C G (x2)
I don't know what the heck you were thinkin'
C (hold)
It's gonna gonna take a better man,
           C     G D
I'm bettin' to win my hand
Em         C
I'm not gonna play your game
  G              D
I don't like the high stakes
Em             C
I'd rather sit alone at home
        D
Playin' one more round of Old Maid

G                  D
I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
Em         C
I'm quittin' you
G                    C
Like a gambler leaving Vegas boy
G                      D
I know that I'll miss you
       G           D                  
But I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
Em              C
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
         G       C
'Cause you're my bad habit and
D
I'm quittin' you

C
Cold turkey
           G
Giving you the cold shoulder
     C
Off like a band-aid
       G
One quick sting
         C G
Then it's over
C G   C G D

G            D
I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
Em              C
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
         G       C
'Cause you're my bad habit
           G      C
And the good Lord won't have it
     G  C              C G
You're my bad habit and I'm quittin' you

Outro: C G   C G D
       C G   C G   C G D G

Intro: G D Cadd9 D G D Cadd9 D/F#
 
 G           D                    
I remember when my heart 
       Cadd9       D
caught the fever
G      D                             
You were standing all alone 
     Cadd9     D
in the summer heat
         C                                                
I was with my boyfriend, my new boyfriend, 
       G           D
he was as sweet as he could be
        C         Em          
One look at you and I was trough 
       D
my heart switched up on me

     G         D        Cadd9        D
Like a postcard from Paris when I’ve seen 
the real thing 
       G           D           Cadd9     D
It’s like finding out your diamond is 
from an old promise ring
   G         D      Cadd9     Em         A
Come back from your fortune teller she read 
your cards upside down
   Asus4           D           G  D
The meanest thing you ever did is come around
        Cadd9   D       G   D     Cadd9
And now I’m ruined,  (yeah,yeaheh)    
I’m ruined


     G          D       Cadd9   D  
In the evening you can catch me daydreaming 
     G      D       Cadd9      D
Did that moment seemed you real just like me 
           C
 should’ve gone over, right over,
        G         D 
I should’ve never let you leave,
         C            Em             D
But it’s the never knowing that keeps this 
going and drives me crazy

     G         D        Cadd9         D
Like a postcard from Paris when I’ve seen 
the real thing 
       G           D           Cadd9     D
It’s like finding out your diamond is 
from an old promise ring
   G          D     Cadd99       Em           A
Come back from your fortune teller she read your 
cards upside down
   Asus4             D           G  D
The meanest thing you ever did is come around

Em
Just when I thought things were alright
A
My eyes played tricks on my mind
C                                  D
Well, will I ever be satisfied cause all 
I seem to find 


      G       D       Cadd9       D
It’s a postcard from Paris when 
I need the real thing 
       G           D           Cadd9      D
It’s like finding out your diamond is 
from an old promise ring
  G           D     Cadd99       Em      A
Come back from your fortune teller she read 
your cards upside down
  Asus4          D               D               
The meanest thing you ever did, the cruelest 
thing you ever did, 
   Asus4               D           G  D     
the meanest thing you ever did, is come around                  
    Cadd9   D           G        D       Cadd9
 I am ruined,   (yeah,yeaheh)         I’m ruined
   Cadd9   D       G        D
I am ruined   yeah (yeah,yeaheh)  
   Cadd9   D           
I’m ruined   yeah (yeah,yeaheh)

Intro: G  D Dsus4 D C (x2)
(note that some Csus2 's are added here (lift second finger)) 

Verse 1:
               C
When I first laid eyes on you
   G              D C
Well, the night just felt so odd
                         G
You looked at me and the stars lined up
     Em      D       C 
So I thought I'd heard from God
And I gave him my best shot

Chorus:
G       D      C       G   C     G
Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado
  C     D
I tried to hold on to 
 G    D     C     G           C       G
Took a ride on a tilt-a-whirl that sits on top of the world
      C         D
Man, I thought I could show you
     Em7      D       C 
I've always been afraid of flying
           C   D         G (Intro Chords 2x)
But you can't blame a girl for trying

Verse 2:
         C                    G
Felt like a pearl when I was holding your hand
        D  C
So precious I forgot
              C                G
You could have any girl but I only wanted one man
        Em          C
And you were everything I'm not
                G
Still I gave it my best shot

Chorus:
G       D      C       G   C     G
Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado
  C     D
I tried to hold on to 
G    D     C     G           C    G
Took a turn on a high trapeze swinging over the deep
 C         D
I thought I could show you
     Em       D       C 
I've always been afraid of flying
      C              D
But you can't blame a girl for trying

Bridge:
Cadd9              G
Like a vine bends a tree to the ground
D
I won't hold you down
 Cadd9
I tried to climb just as high
   G          D           Cadd9
But I found all the clouds touch the ground
      Am
In this small town

Instr: G D C G }x2

End Chorus:
G     F      C   G    C           G
Took a ride on a high trapeze swinging over the deep
  C     D
I thought I could show you
       G       D/F#   C
That I've always been afraid of flying
              Am           G (Intro Chords 4x)
But you can't blame a girl for trying
                      C
No, you can't blame a girl.... heeeey

Intro: Am G F C
 
Am       G       F      C
Fame is just people who know your name
Am         G         F          C
Fortune is just money that can buy you pretty things
Am         G              F         C
Foreign is what fame and fortune will always be to us
   G             G7
But forever well that’s more than enough

     C
Fill me up
      G
Let’s be sweet
    Am
I want the whole world to know
         F
You mean the whole world to me 
          C
My heart is on fire
     Em
Oh it’s true
          Am
Never burnt for anyone
         F
It burns for you
        C     G
It burns for you

Am        G       F             C
House is just four walls, a place to lay your head
Am            G         F         C
Heart/Art is just a cadge with a stupid/cubic sentiment
Am        G       F           C
Life is what happens from the cradle to the grey
      G              G7
It’s all empty, unless you’re in between with me

     C
Fill me up
      G
Let’s be sweet
    Am
I want the whole world to know
         F
You mean the whole world to me 
          C
My heart is on fire
     Em
Oh it’s true
          Am
Never burnt for anyone
         F
It burns for you
        C     G
It burns for you

       C
So fill me up
      G
Let’s be sweet
          Am
‘Cause I want the whole wide world to know
         F
You mean the whole world to me 
          C
My heart is on fire
     Em
Oh it’s true
          Am
Never burnt for anyone
            F
But It burns for you
         C   Em
It burns for you
         Am
It burns for you
         Am
Yaeahh

C       G
Patient anticipation 
D         Am
Up till now I've been hurry up and waiting 
   C           G      D           
at a bus stop in independence licking an ice-cream cone 
       C            G
I've been kicking I've been scheming 
D                 Am
This is as close as I've ever been to leaving 
C           G                D
Five blocks away, a stone's throw from home 
   Em D       Cadd9
But I'm as good as gone 
 
      G       D
I gotta get gone gone gone 
           Em       C
shooting like a gun a gun a gun 
           G       D
skipping like a stone stone stone 
         Em         C
Far as I can run to where freedom is free 
       Em        D           Cadd9
There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see 
      Cm
and it's pulling independence out of me 

C G D

   C         G
Emancipation or paper chasing 
D                Am
leaving with question marks and Momma's blessing 
       C         G
I put her picture in my pocket 
           D
along with her rosary 
         C           G
some say I’m crazy, a little loco 
   D                      Am
and most of my friends will live and die in this zip code 
  C         G        D
It might be for me but until I go 
   Em D            Cadd9
How am I ever supposed to know 

      G       D
I gotta get gone gone gone 
           Em       C
shooting like a gun a gun a gun 
           G       D
skipping like a stone stone stone 
         Em         C
Far as I can run to where freedom is free 
       Em        D           Cadd9
There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see 

G D Em C x 2

  G            D
I'm busting out of independence 
   Em               C
independence busting out of me 
  G            D
I'm busting out of independence 
   Em              Cm
independence busting out of me 
C G D

      G       D
I gotta get gone gone gone 
           Em       C
shooting like a gun a gun a gun 
           G       D
skipping like a stone stone stone 
         Em         C
Far as I can run to where freedom is free 
       Em        D           Cadd9
There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see 
       Em        D           Cadd9
There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see 
       Cm
and it's pulling independence out of me 

C G D

C   G    D
independence

Intro: A E B C#m

      A
If I die young
       E
Bury me in satin
     B          C#m
Lay me down on a bed of roses
          A       E
Sink me in the river at dawn
     B                C#m
Send me away with the words of a love song
A     E    B
Oh oh, oh oh

          A                    E
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
                  B                 C#m
She'll know I'm safe with You when she stands under my colors
  A                      E
Oh and life ain't always what you think it ought to be
  B              C#m
No, ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
 A         E       B C#m
The sharp knife of a short life
   A      E       B
Well, I've had just enough time

      A
If I die young
       E
Bury me in satin
     B          C#m
Lay me down on a bed of roses
          A       E
Sink me in the river at dawn
     B                    C#m
Send me away with the words of a love song

   A           E     B C#m
The sharp knife of a short life
   A      E       B
Well, I've had just enough time

              A           E
And I'll be wearing white when I come into Your kingdom
     B               C#m
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
   A           E
I've never known the loving of a man
     B                 C#m
but it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
      A                   E
There's a boy here in town says he'll love me forever

B                C#m
Who would have thought forever could be severed by

  A         E       B C#m
The sharp knife of a short life
   A      E       B
Well, I've had just enough time

A E B C#m }x2

 A
So put on your best boys
   E
And I'll wear my pearls
B
What I never did is done

          A
A penny for my thoughts
     E
Oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
 B                 C#m
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
   A                 E
And maybe then you'll hear the words I've been singing
B                  C#m
Funny when you're dead how people start listening

A E B C#m 

      A
If I die young
       E
Bury me in satin
     B          C#m
Lay me down on a bed of roses
          A       E
Sink me in the river at dawn
     B                    C#m
Send me away with the words of a love song

A        E
 Oh oh, the ballad of a dove
B     C#m
 Go in peace and love
 A
Gather up your tears
E
Keep them in your pocket
 B                     C#m
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them.

       A           E     B   C#m
Oh oh, the sharp knife of a short life
   A      E       B
Well, I've had just enough time

              A
So put on your best boys
   E
And I'll wear my pearls

INTRO: G Am C G

G                            Cadd9
I like your lips like I like my Coca-Cola, yeah
F            
Oh how it pops and fizzes
G                                 Cadd9
You like my shirt like I like it when you hold my hand
F              Am           C             
The way - it fits - has got me feeling lucky

CHORUS:
    G           Am
Lookie, who is comin', whoo! You got that somethin'
C                 G
Boy I wanna be where you are, and I'm gunnin' for ya'
G                Am
Can't even fall for some other man, 'cause brother man,
   C                  G
You know how to get hip to my heart.
C'mon now!

REPEAT INTRO

G                                    Cadd9
All the girls in town look you up and look you down, I know
F
So... come on an' pick your kitten
G                                Cadd9
Purr, baby, purr, go ahead and say the word - lets go!
   F                     Am         C
I - think im the one you're takin'; got me feeling lucky

CHORUS:
    G           Am
Lookie, who is comin', whoo! You got that somethin'
C                 G
Boy I wanna be where you are, and I'm gunnin' for ya'
G                Am
Can't even fall for some other man, 'cause brother man,
   C                  G
You know how to get hip to my heart.

        G       Am       C     G
Tell me now, who?        I said who?
        G       Am       C     G  
Tell me now, who?        I said who?

G          Am                  C
You play it coo-hool, you play it so coo-coo-cool
  G               Am       C
And what am I supposed to do, when you play it so cool
    C
And I got the hots for you?

     G           Am
Lookie, who is comin', whoo! You got that somethin'
C                 G
Boy I wanna be where you are, and I'm gunnin' for ya'
G                Am
Can't even fall for some other man, 'cause brother man,
   C                  G
You know how to get hip to my heart.

    G           Am
Lookie, who is comin', whoo! You got that somethin'
C                 G
Boy I wanna be where you are, and I'm gunnin' for ya'
 G                Am
Can't even fall for some other man, 'cause brother man,
   C                  G
You know how to get hip to my heart.

         C                G
I said, you know how to get hip to my heart.
         C                G
I said, you know how to get hip to my heart.

Ebm
He was sweet as cotton candy at a county fair
        Ab
Well he's a cold drink of water with butterscotch hair
Ebm
He swore that he loved me
 
Well I guess he probably did
          Ab               Bb
'cause when he rolled up his sleeve one day
               Eb
I saw my name next to his

  B
A new tattoo stinging like a hornet
 F#
Two little hearts like a big red warning
 B
I wasn't looking for a permanent thing
Bb
First comes the ink, then comes the ring

[Chorus]

Eb
Burn burn baby
 Ab               Eb          Ab
I bet we could've made a bunch of sweet memories
         Ebm
You should have slowed down mister
B                Bb
Moving like a twister's just a little fast for me
      Ab
So now it's 0 to 60
                                Ebm
And if you ever miss me I'm right there on your arm
       B
Don't you cry, I'll leave you something behind
    Bb               Ebm
Skid marks and a double heart

[Verse 2]

Well he's a tough bronc buster
I bet he sleeps in his boots
Well he tried to throw a rope around me right out of the shoot
He swore that he loved me 1stchords
Well I reckon he probably did
'cause when he rolled up his sleeve one day
I thought here we go again

A new tattoo burning like a brand
Two little hearts on my rodeo man
I wasn't looking for a permanent thing
First comes the ink, then comes the ring

[Repeat Chorus]

B
A new tattoo whistling Dixie
F#
Two little hearts ain't gonna get me
B
I'm not looking for a permanent thing
   Bb
So don't you put ink 'til I take the ring