Tell Me a Lie

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

6    6 6   6 6   6 -6
Can't ever get it right
6   6 6   6   -6 5 -5
No matter how hard I try
-3” -5   5 -4
And I've tried
6    6 6 6 6 6    6 -6
Well, I put up a good fight
6   6     6   -6   5     -5
But your words cut like knives
-3” -5   5 -4
And I’m tired
5   5   -4   4   -4   4 -4   5    4
As you break my heart again this time

Chorus:
7   7   7 -7   -6    7 7 -6
Tell me I'm a screwed up mess
7   7 7 -8   8 7    8 7
That I never listen, listen
7   7   7   -7    -7 7 7 -6
Tell me you don't want my kiss
7    7   7    -8   8   7     8   7
That you need your distance, distance
-7 7 7 6   -7   7   7     6 -7
Tell me everything but don't you say
7    7    -8     8 -8 7 -7
He's what you're missing baby
6 -7    7   7 -7   -7   6
If he's the reason that your
6 6   6 5 5 5
Leaving me tonight
7   7   7   -7 -7 6   5
Spare me what you think and
5   -4 4 4
Tell me a lie

Verse 2:
Well you're the charming type
That little twinkle in your eye
Gets me every time
And well there must have been a time
I was the reason for that smile
So keep in mind
As you take what’s left of you and I

(Chorus)

5   -4 4 4 -4 5 4
Tell me a lie...
5   -4 4 4
Tell me a lie...
7   -7 6 6 -6 7 -6 6
Tell me a lie...

(Chorus)

5   -4 4 4 -4 5 4
Tell me a lie...
5   -4 4 4
Tell me a lie...
5   -4 4 4 -4 5
Tell me a lie...
5   -4 4 4
Tell me a lie

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