White Lies And Alibies Chords

KeyAm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays570

White Lies And Alibies by Neil Finn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, Fmaj7, C/G, G, B and C/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am            Fmaj7         C/G 
This hell is not of my making 

Am            Fmaj7         C/G 
I’m one of the bearded angels 

Am            Fmaj7         C/G 
haven’t seen the sky for ages 

Am            Fmaj7         C/G 
just another face in a very long line 

Am                          Fmaj7 
There’s a lock on every door 

Am                               Fmaj7 
there’s a darkness in every sense 

Am                        G 
the guilty man is home in bed 

Fmaj7 
and it’s me they wanna put to death 

Am                        Fmaj7 
she’s the only hope I have left 

in trouble 

Am        Fmaj7               C/G 
Her voice aloud, the sweetest sound I ever heard 

Am        Fmaj7               C/G 
she can lift me up, bring some love into the world 

Am        Fmaj7               C/G 
up high the astronauts fly over Shangri-La 

Am        Fmaj7               C/G 
back down on solid ground, it’s all the same to us 

Am              Fmaj7 (starting in 4th fret from capo) dont know it by name, (an  
alernative is XX1111) 
Everyday, you do what you can to survive 

Am                     Fmaj7 
You do what you can to survive 


Solo: 
little solo is build around Am-chord and put your pinky on high E snare 3rd fret then - 
1st fret - then B snare 1st fret, from what i see in the video. 


Am        Fmaj7     C/G 
Crazy men in narrow cages 
Am      Fmaj7          C/G 
seeking wisdom turning pages 
Am           Fmaj7     C/G 
holding onto nothing sacred 

Am            Fmaj7                   C/G 
haven’t seen the sun for a very long time 

Am                          Fmaj7 
There’s a lock on every door 

Am                          Fmaj7 
there’s a darkness in every sense 

Am                        G 
the guilty man is home in bed 

Fmaj7 
and it’s me they wanna put to death 

Am                        Fmaj7 
she’s the only hope I have left 

in trouble 

Am        Fmaj7              C/G 
Her voice aloud the sweetest sound you ever heard 

Am        Fmaj7               C/G 
she can lift me up bring some love into the world 

Am        Fmaj7                C/G 
his smile could never hide the coldness of his heart 

Am         Fmaj7           C/G 
white lies and alibis it’s all the same to us 

Am         Fmaj7           C/G 
white lies and alibis it’s all the same to us 

Am                       C/G  C/F (or Am - XX1111 (used in other vid with the band) 
Everyday,  you do what you can to survive. 

Am                                C/G C/F 
Everyday,  you do what you can to survive. 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante