*Fairly easy song to sing pretty rhythmic - can be sung however you want and strum how
you feel :)
[opening] CAPO 3 to sing low... CAPO 5/6/7 to sing higher (works for me)
G D Em
We opened the book to write a story
G D Em
We walked a quaint road singing our rhymes
G [sing louder here] D [down again]Em [quite by this point]
Down in the streets and up on the hills, we walked...
G [pause] D Em C
And we talked, and we talked, from ancient history to technology.
G [sing louder here] D [down again] Em
and we lived, and we laughed, oh but i lied
G D Em
It was a fad a farce, my dishonesty
G D Em
But the pretence you loved so I let my self go
G [sing louder here] D [down again]Em [quite by this point]
Down in the streets and up on the hills, we walked...
G [pause] D Em C
And we talked, and we talked, from ancient history to technology.
[PAUSE]
G D Em C
and you're voice charmed me- your pleasant company
G D Em
Guitars with names, you were quirky, extra-ordinary...
G [sing louder here] D [down again] Em [quite by this point]
and we lived, and we laughed, oh but i lied
G Em C
and for a while, we lived exactly this life.
G D Em C
But soon when walked and we talked and, we talked,
Em C Am
we changed from ancient history, to what was contemporary
G D Em
and you saw behind my dis.guise
G D Em
and that's why i say i lied,
G D Em
but that is all a lie
G D Em
and i, i cant deny