Pop Lie
Okkervil River - Pop Lie
A E l E l A E B l x2
BAE
all sweetly sung and succinctly stated
AE
words and music he calculated
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to make you sing along
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B
with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn
BAE
get completely incorporated
AE
by some couple who consummated
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all their love by the dawn
F#mBAE
B
a falling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone
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and mouths wetand blonde hairbraided
AE
by the back room the kids all waited
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to meet the man in bright green
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B
whohad dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
AEB
he’s the liar who lied in his pop song
F#mB
and you’re lying when you sing along
F#mB
yes you’re lying when you sing along
A E l E l A E B l x2
BAE
so here’s the car seat so cruelly weighted
AE
and here’s to faces already faded
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at the end of a day
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B
when they just threw away the only good thing that they owned
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and now they’re pinned downand strangula---ted
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at the food court the float’s inflated
F#mB
people line up to see
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B
theman who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
AEB
he’s the liar who lied in his pop song
AEB
the liar who lied in his pop song
F#mB
and you’re lying when you sing along,
F#mB
oh yeah you’re lying when you sing along
AB
week by week it climbsup and climbs on
EF#m
and we’re feeling all right but we know it’s all wrong
ABE
I’m ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
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what I wish were thetruth but it’s not
AEB
and I truly believe we’re notstrong
AEB
and we’ll sing until our voices aregone
AEB
and then sink beneath the manicuredlawn
A E l E l A E B l x2
BAE
This is respectfully dedicated
AE
to the woman who concentrated
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all of her love tofind
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B
that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song
Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/o/okkervil_river/pop_lie_crd.htm