Lies And Cigarettes Chords

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Lies And Cigarettes by Ron Pope is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Asus4 and Bm11. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Intro: G 

         G                            D      Asus4       
It was a warm day, in the middle of a cold winter. 
          G                              D         Asus4 
She was a good girl, gave her heart to a wandering sinner. 
           G                                 D         Asus4 
I couldn't say if I loved her, or if we were not there yet. 
        G         Bm11      G       Asus4    D 
We were young and living on lies and cigarettes. 

Verse 
     D                    G             D 
Last thing I remember the snow began to fall 
 Bm11                              G                  D 
She went out to get some air, said she didn't want to talk 
          D                              G                D 
I lost my mind out on that highway never really came back home 
             Bm11                                 G            D 
She said she loved the boy I used to be, then the conversation stalled 

         G                            D      Asus4       
It was a warm day, in the middle of a cold winter. 
          G                              D         Asus4 
She was a good girl, gave her heart to a wandering sinner. 
           G                                 D         Asus4 
I couldn't say if I loved her, or if we were not there yet. 
        G         Bm11      G       Asus4    D 
We were young and living on lies and cigarettes. 

Verse 
         D                            G             D 
I wish I could paint her picture, but I do not know how 
        Bm11                              G              D 
I heard she moved back to Omaha and works for her father now 
     D                           G                D 
So I dial most of her number and then I change my mind 
            Bm11                             G                 D 
Our friends say she's doing better now, so I let her live her life 

         G                            D      Asus4       
It was a warm day, in the middle of a cold winter. 
          G                              D         Asus4 
She was a good girl, gave her heart to a wandering sinner. 
           G                                 D         Asus4 
I couldn't say if I loved her, or if we were not there yet. 
        G         Bm11      G       Asus4    D 
We were young and living on lies and cigarettes. 

Bridge 
D D G D Bm11 Bm11 G D D D G D Bm11 Bm11 D G 
 
         G                                      
It was a warm day, in the middle of a cold winter. 
N.C. 
She was a good girl, gave her heart to a wandering sinner. 
N.C. 
I couldn't say if I loved her, or if we were not there yet. 
N.C 
We were young and living on lies and cigarettes. 
    	

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