Chords for It's A Wonderful Lie

Tempo:
73.55 bpm
Chords used:

D

Em

E

Bm

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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It's A Wonderful Lie chords
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[Em]
I get up from a dream and I look for rain
[D] Take an [G] amphetamine and a crushed rat [F#m] brain
How am I [Em] feeling?
Better, [D] I suppose
How [Em] am I looking?
I don't want the truth
[D] What am I [G] doing?
I ain't in my [Em] youth
I'm past my prime, or was there?
[D] Just suppose
[Em] It's a wonderful life, I [E] still get [D] by on those
[A] I've been [E] accused of never opening [D] up
If you get too close, then I'll keep my mouth [B] shut
Gonna run to the wind where [Em] the big bad city [D] blows
[Bm] It's a wonderful [C#m] life, I still get [D] by on those
[E] It's a wonderful life, I [Bm] get by on [D] those
[E]
[A] [C#m] Now [D]
[F#m] [D]
[A] you can dress to the eights, you can dress to [D] mame
It'll make you feel great, this fortune and [F#m] fame
Wearing [Bm] too much makeup, not [D] near enough clothes
[Bm] It's a wonderful [C#m] life, I still get [D] by on those
[E] It's a wonderful life, I still get [D] by
So don't [A] pin your hopes or pin your [D] dreams
To misanthropes, guys like [F#m] me
And the truth is overrated, [D] I suppose
It's [Bm] a [Em] wonderful life, I still get [Bm] by on [D] those
[A] It's [E] [D]
[Em] a wonderful life, I still get [D] by
[F#m] [E] [D]
[E]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
Em
121
E
2311
Bm
13421112
F#m
123111112
D
1321
Em
121
E
2311
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To learn Paul Westerberg - Its A Wonderful Lie chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - A, E, D, A, D, F#m, D, G, Em, D and Em. Kick off your practice at a gentle 36 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 74 BPM. With an eye on the song's key D Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I get up from a dream and I look for rain
[D] Take an [G] amphetamine and a crushed rat [F#m] brain
How am I [Em] feeling?
Better, [D] I suppose
How [Em] am I looking?
I don't want the truth
[D] What am I [G] doing?
I ain't in my [Em] youth
I'm past my prime, or was there?
[D] Just suppose _
[Em] It's a wonderful life, I [E] still get [D] by on those _
[A] I've been [E] accused of never opening [D] up
If you get too close, then I'll keep my mouth [B] shut
Gonna run to the wind where [Em] the big bad city [D] blows _
[Bm] It's a wonderful [C#m] life, I still get [D] by on those _
[E] It's a wonderful life, I _ _ _ _ [Bm] get by on [D] those
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] Now _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] you can dress to the eights, you can dress to [D] mame
It'll make you feel great, this fortune and [F#m] fame
Wearing [Bm] too much makeup, not [D] near enough clothes _
[Bm] It's a wonderful [C#m] life, I still get [D] by on those
[E] It's a wonderful life, I still get [D] by
So don't [A] pin your hopes or pin your [D] dreams
To misanthropes, guys like [F#m] me
And the truth is overrated, [D] I suppose
It's [Bm] a [Em] wonderful life, I still get [Bm] by on [D] those _
[A] It's _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] a wonderful life, I still get [D] by _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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The Suicaine Gratification album includes this song.

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