The Guitar Dont Lie by Tony Joe White
Key: BmBm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro:  Bm , F#m x4
    Bm        F#m    Bm           F#m
He sits all alone, playing his guitar
        Bm         F#m    Bm   F#m
In the back of a small café
   Bm            F#m         Bm        F#m
No one seems to hear so he closes his eyes
 G             D     F#m       Bm     Bm x4
Just lets the music take him away
G                 D   G                 F#
Singing songs of love, songs of broken hearts
      Bm           E            Bm           E
He's worn out his luck and his last pair of jeans
         Bm        E               Bm         E
But you keep going on when you're living on dreams
         G         D            F#           Bm  F#m   Bm , F#m x2
You can feel it inside and the guitar don't lie
           Bm       F#m      Bm          F#m
There's a lady he knows, who often comes by
       Bm     F#m        Bm   F#m
She's heavily into the blues
       Bm        F#m      Bm     F#m
She requests the same song every night
 G         D           F#            Bm     Bm x4
Says it reminds her of someone she knew
    G              D  G                   F#
A trace of her perfume floats across the room
Bm               E      Bm               E
Once they were close, shared all their dreams
        Bm           E           Bm       E
But now all that he feels is a physical thing
            G      D            F#           Bm  F#m  
They grow slowly apart and the guitar don't lie
Solo:  Bm , F#m x2  Em x4  Bm , F#m x2  Em x4  Bm , F#m x2
      Bm             F#m     Bm          F#m
Some nights it gets cold, it makes him aware
      Bm       F#m      Bm   F#m
That time is slipping away
Bm            F#m         Bm         F#m
If you look close at his dark curly hair
G          D               F#        Bm   Bm x4
Under the lights there's traces of grey
         G                   D   G                 F#
But he knows what it's all about, to feel down and out
      Bm           E     Bm          E
He's been there before, he's seen it all
         Bm          E             Bm           E
And you learn to survive with your back to the wall
         G        D            F#           Bm F#m    Bm , F#m x4 Bm 
It's a crazy old life and the guitar don't lie,   oh no