Intro: G  Bm G  D (x2) 


Verse: 1 
G                                   Bm 
Well I've gone and lost my faith in photographs 
D                        G       D 
Cursed those martyrs that mark my past 
G                                    Bm 
And I long for a day when we'll look back and laugh 
          D                     G 
About all this 
G                           Bm 
But good luck finding your peace of mind 
D     A         G            D 
Being born into these brutal times 
G                                 Bm        D 
And these days I don't pray when I close my eyes 
      A                     G 
I just bite my tongue a bit harder 


[Refrão]
 
                 D     A        G 
Cause you were a lie I chose to believe 
D        A      G               D 
A lie I chose to believe 


Verse: 2 
G                                 Bm 
Let's float these gutters up past heaven's gate 
D                    G           D 
Get me out of these damn desert states 
G                               Bm 
Did you hear the one about the hand of fate? 
  A                           G 
Oh man, It'll make your heart stop 
G                               Bm 
Do you ever wish you could just back out? 
D         A           G       D 
Take your nickels and go cash out? 
G                            Bm 
Forget the faces you've been crying about 
D                               G 
And see where forgiveness takes you? 


[Refrão]

D       A        G 
a lie I chose to believe 
                   D      A      G   D 
You were the lie I chose to believe 

Bridge 
A 
Sweet surrender like the break of dawn 
G                             D 
With the map laid out and the arrows drawn 
A 
But I think too much and wait too long 
G                         D 
And I never tell but you know 
D                     Bm       A 
How to lift me when I sink too low 


Verse: 3 
G                                 Bm 
Now I've found me a reason to be a man 
D                          G            D 
Out on the shoulder with an outstretched hand 
G                           Bm 
Just a little solid ground to stand 
D        A            G 
Is all I ever needed 
G                                  Bm 
So I'll shout it out from the heavens above 
D                          G       D 
Hell ain't nothin' but the devil's drug 
G                                        Bm 
Well love isn't the sickness, that I once thought it was 
D              A             G 
When I was too surrounded to see 


[Refrão]

D       A        G 
a lie I chose to believe 
D       A        G 
a lie I chose to believe 
             D     A       G 
you were the lie I chose to believe