Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh
by Bright Eyes, from Fevers and Mirrors
transcribed by Laura Sharp (marmorealuna@hotmail.com)

chords:

    F#m   Dma7   A     Bm    G    Bm*   A*   D
E ---2-----2-----0-----2-----3-----7----5----5--
B ---2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----7----5----7--
G ---2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----7----6----7--
D ---4-----0-----2-----4-----5-----9----7----7--
A ---4-----x-----0-----2-----5-----9----7----5--
E ---2-----x-----x-----x-----3-----7----5----x--

Bm* and A*= Bm and A, but in different voicings for easier playing

simple intro (elaborate on it ;)):

   F#m       Dma7       A          Bm        

E -----2-----------2-----------------2----------
B -------2-----------2------3p2h3----3----------
G ---2----------2--------------------4----------
D -4---------0------------2----------4----------
A ----------------------0----------2-2---2h4----
E ---------------------------------------------- repeat

p=pull off
h=hammer on


F#m       Dma7         A     Bm
the phone slips from a loose grip

F#m         Dma7            A    Bm
words were missed and some apology

F#m            Dma7
i didn't wanna tell you this no it's

A                   Bm
just some guy she's been hangin out with

F#m     Dma7                 A       Bm
i don't know the past couple weeks i guess



F#m                Dma7
thank you and hang up the phone let the

A                      Bm
funeral start hear the casket close let's pin

F#m         Dma7           A     Bm
split-black ribbon to your overcoat

F#m                     Dma7
the laughter pours from under doors in this

A                  Bm
house i don't understand that sound no more

F#m        Dma7         A  G
seems artificial like a tv set


Bm*                        A*
haligh haligh a lie haligh this weight it must be satisfied

    G                    A*
you offer only one reply you know not what you do

       Bm*
as you tear and tear your hair from roots

          A*
from that same head you've twice removed

  G                                 A*
a lock of hair you said would prove our love would never die

              Bm
well ha ha ha


F#m             Dma7      A                 Bm
i remember everything the words we spoke on freezing south

F#m                           Dma7         A             Bm
street and all those mornings watching you get ready for school

F#m                    Dma7
you combed your hair inside that mirror the one you


A                Bm
painted blue and glued with jewelry

F#m                        Dma7
tears something bout those bright colors would always 

A                   Bm
make you feel better


F#m               Dma7      
now we speak with ruined tongues and the 

A                   Bm
words we say aren't meant for any

F#m                     Dma7          A              Bm
one it's just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance

(Bm)
but there was once you

F#m                  Dma7
you said you hate my suffering and you

A              Bm
understood and you'd take care of

F#m        Dma7               A             G
me you'd always be there well where are you now


Bm*                        A*
haligh haligh a lie haligh the plans were never finalized

    G                                    A*
but left to hang like yarn and twine dangling before my eyes

       Bm*
as you tear and tear your hair from roots

          A*
from that same head you've twice removed

  G                                     A*
a lock of hair you said would prove our love would never die


      Bm*
and i sing and sing of awful things

    A*
the pleasure that my sadness brings

      G                                  A*
as my fingers press onto the strings yet another clumsy chord

  Bm*                           A*
haligh haligh an awful lie this weight would now be satisfied

          G                         A*
i'm gonna give you only one reply i know not who i am!


      F#m         G             A*            D
but i talk in the mirror to the stranger that appears

                             Bm               G                A*
our conversations are circles always one-sided nothing is clear

           F#m         G            A*             D
except you keep coming back to this meaning that i lack

                              Bm                     G
he says the choices were given now you must live them

                A*                    Bm
or just not live now do you want that?

***
End with Bm hammer ons, as in intro.

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