Alibi Chords
Alibi by Brandi Carlile is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, C7, F, Bb and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
G C
G C
G C
G C
Verso 1:
G C G
I done some bad bad things
C G
The kind you don't bring up at confession
C G
Somewhere in my life, woah
C
I took the wrong direction
D
I swear on my soul
C
I didn't want to hurt no one
G C G
But I got no way to justify
G
The things I done
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to atone for my sins
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to the fall for where I've been
Verso 2:
G C G
You done some bad bad things
C G
The kind that don't bare to mention
C
Something inside you died
G C
Now you need some ressurrection
D
If you don't want to go down
C
Just like the setting sun
G C G
You got to find a way to reconcile
G
The things you done
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to atone for my sins
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to the fall for where I've been
Ponte:
Bb C
Ahhh ahhh
Bb C
Ahhh ahhh
F G
Ahhh ahhh
F G
Ahhh ahhh
Bb C
Ahhh ahhh
Bb C
Ahhh ahhh
F G
Ahhh ahhh
F G
Ahhh ahhh
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to the fall for where I've been
Verso 3:
G C
G C
G C G
I swear some people in the world
C G
They got no moral compass
C G
I know the wicked ones
C
I feel them walk among us
D
The hangman begs for mercy
C
Only when his time has come
G C
Because he got no way to
G
Rectify the things he done
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to atone for my sins
D
If you're good at telling lies
C7
You could be my alibi
G F G
And I won't have to the fall for where I've been
G F G
I won't take the fall for where I've been
G F D
I won't take that fall for where I've been, no
Outro: D F G7