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Chords and lyrics for Haligh Haligh A Lie Haligh by Bright Eyes
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The
pho
D
ne slips from
A
a
lo
Bm
ose
grip
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Words were
D
missed, then som
A
e
apo
Bm
logy
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I didn’t want to
D
tell you this
No, it’s j
A
ust some guy she’s b
Bm
een hanging out
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with
I don’t k
D
now, the past couple of we
A
eks, I g
Bm
uess
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Thank you and han
D
g up the phone
Let the
A
funeral start, hear the ca
Bm
sket
close
Let’s
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pin split-black
D
ribbon to you
A
r
over
Bm
coat
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The laughter pours from
D
under doors in this
A
house
I don’t underst
Bm
and that sound no
F#m
more
Seems artific
D
ial, like a T
A
.V.
s
G
et
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
This we
A
ight, it must be satisfied
You of
G
fer only one reply
You k
A
now not what you do
As you t
Bm
ear and tear your hair from roots
Of t
A
hat same head you’ve twice removed
Now a l
G
ock of hair you said would prove
Our l
A
ove would never die
Well, ha ha ha
Bm
F#m
I
rememb
D
er
everything
The wo
A
rds we spoke on fr
Bm
eezing South
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Street
All those mornings wat
D
ching
you
G
A
et ready for sc
Bm
hool
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You combed your hair
D
inside that mirror
The one you
A
painted
blue
And g
Bm
lued with jewelry
F#m
tears
Something about those br
D
ight
colors
Would always m
A
ake you feel b
Bm
etter
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But now we speak with
D
ruined
tongues
And the w
A
ords we say aren’t m
Bm
eant for an
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yone
It’s just a mumbled sen
D
tence
to
A pa
A
ssing
Bm
acquaintance
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You said you hate my s
D
uffering, and yo
A
u
understood
And y
Bm
ou’d take care of
F#m
me
You’d always
D
be
there
Well, wh
A
ere are you now
G
?
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
The p
A
lans were never finalized
But l
G
eft to hang like yarn and twine
Dan
A
gling before my eyes
As you
Bm
tear and tear your hair from roots
From t
A
hat same head that you have twice removed
Now, a l
G
ock of hair you said would prove
Our l
A
ove would never die
And I s
Bm
ing and sing of awful things
The ple
A
asure that my sadness brings
As my fi
G
ngers press onto the strings
Yet an
A
other clumsy chord
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie
This we
A
ight would now be satisfied
I’m gonna g
G
ive you only one reply
I k
A
now not who I am
But I
Bm
talk in the m
G
irror
To the str
A
anger that ap
D
pears
Our conversations are circles
G
Always one si
G
ded, nothing is cl
A
ear
Except we k
Bm
eep coming
G
back
To this me
A
aning that I l
D
ack
He says the choices were given
Bm
And now, you must l
G
ive
them
Or just not li
A
ve
But do you want t
Bm
hat?