Truth Is I Lied
written by Billy Ray Cyrus, Don Von Tress, and Carl Perkins
from the album "Trail of Tears"
11/1/05


INTRO: G  C  G  D

            G                         C                G
Scratched a heart on your door then I showed myself outside
          G                       C                         G
Lashed my soul 'cross this twin-v horse and rode off in the night
          C                        Em                        C                      D
Guess you noticed I'm gone and the old mornin' sun's castin' shadows with questions inside
       G                       C                    G        D
So the truth in this letter at dawn will shed a new light


CHORUS:
            G
Truth is, I lied when I said I'd always be your whippin' pet
  Em
I lied when I said I didn't mind the hurt I guess
       C                                        D            C
When I pleaded and stated I needed you just to survive (I lied)
               G   
Truth is, last night when you tore my heart apart my mind began
       Em
Never thinkin' 'bout thinkin' like your fool again
        C                                                     D     C
And the freedom that filled me kept spellin' out truth as I'd write
           G    C  G  D
Truth is I lied....

       G                      C                   G
Saw an image of you where the highway touched the sky
       G                      C                    G
It was blockin' my view so I steered that thought aside
        C                     Em               C                       D
Now the mornin' and me ride a cold memory past tomorrow to some other town
            G                        C                G      D
Where we'll never care whether this truth was lost or found


CHORUS:
            G
Truth is, I lied when I said I'd always be your whippin' pet
  Em
I lied when I said I shouldn't mind the hurt I guess
        C                                        D           C
When I pleaded and stated I needed you just to survive (I lied)
               G
Truth is, last night when you tore my heart apart my mind began
      Em
Never thinkin' 'bout thinkin' like your fool again
        C                                                     D     C
And the freedom that filled me kept spellin' out truth as I'd write
           G    C  Em  C  D
Truth is I lied...

           G    C  Em  C  D  G
Truth is I lied...