I Could Have Lied Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

I Could Have Lied by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, G, D, A9, Em, C and C9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bm
Text
16
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  			Intro: Bm  A  G (2x) 
 
Bm 
There must be something 
 
In the way I feel 
          A             G                 Bm   A  G  Bm 
That she don't want me to feel 
Bm 
The stare she bares cut me 
A           G 
I don't care 
                                    Bm  A  G 
You see so what if I bleed 
 
Bm 
I could never change 
D 
Just what I feel 
        A9 
My face will never show 
          G                Bm  A  G  Bm 
What is not real 
 
Bm 
A mountain never seems to have 
 
The need to speak 
     A               G                      Bm   A   G 
A look that shares so many seek 
          Bm 
The sweetest feeling 
 
I got from you 
            A         G                         Bm  A G 
The things I said to you were true 
 
Bm 
I could never change 
  D 
Just what I feel 
         A9 
My face will never show 
   G                 Bm  A  G 
What is not real 
Em                                G 
I could have lied I'm such a fool 
                   D 
My eyes could never never never 
 C 
Keep their cool  
Em                         G 
Showed her and I told her how 
         D                              C9 
She struck me but I'm fucked up now 
Em  D  C 
 
Bm                                      
But now she's gone yes she's gone away 
         A 
A soulful song 
             G            Bm   A   G 
That would not stay 
Bm 
You see she hides 'cause she is scared 
            A       G 
But I don't care 
                     Bm 
I won't be spared 
 
 (Chorus 2X) 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante