Pop Lie
Okkervil RiverVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
l l l x2
all sweetly sung and succinctly stated
words and music he calculated
to make you sing along
with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn
get completely incorporated
by some couple who consummated
all their love by the dawn
a falling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone
and mouths wet and blonde hair braided
by the back room the kids all waited
to meet the man in bright green
who had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
hes the liar who lied in his pop song
and youre lying when you sing along
yes youre lying when you sing along
l l l x2
so heres the car seat so cruelly weighted
and heres to faces already faded
at the end of a day
when they just threw away the only good thing that they owned
and now theyre pinned down and strangula---ted
at the food court the floats inflated
people line up to see
the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
hes the liar who lied in his pop song
the liar who lied in his pop song
and youre lying when you sing along,
oh yeah youre lying when you sing along
week by week it climbs up and climbs on
and were feeling all right but we know its all wrong
Im ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
what I wish were the truth but its not
and I truly believe were not strong
and well sing until our voices are gone
and then sink beneath the manicured lawn
l l l x2
This is respectfully dedicated
to the woman who concentrated
all of her love to find
that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song
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Readable chord sheet for Pop Lie by Okkervil River
[A] [E] l [E] l [A] [E] [B] l x2
[B] all sweetly sung and [A]succinctly [E]stated
[A] words and music he c[E]alculated
[F#m] to make you sing a[B]long
[F#m] [B] [A] [E]
[B] with your stereo on as you stand in shorts on your lawn
[B] get completely in[A]corpo[E]rated
[A] by some couple who [E]consummated
[F#m] all their love by the [B]dawn
[F#m] [B] [A] [E]
a fa[B]lling star wished upon that flashed in the sky and was gone
[E] and mouths wet[F#m] and blonde hair[A] brai[B]ded
[A] by the back room the [E]kids all waited
[F#m] to meet the man in [B]bright green
[F#m] [B] [A]
who[B] had dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
hes the [A]liar who [E]lied in his [B]pop song
and youre [F#m]lying when you sing a[B]long
yes youre [F#m]lying when you sing [B]along
[A] [E] l [E] l [A] [E] [B] l x2
[B] so heres the car seat so [A]cruelly [E]weighted
[A] and heres to faces al[E]ready faded
[F#m] at the end of a day[B]
[F#m] [B] [A] [E]
wh[B]en they just threw away the only good thing that they owned
and now theyre [E] pinned down[F#m] and strangu[A]la---[B]ted
[A] at the food court the f[E]loats inflated
[F#m] people line up to [B]see
[F#m] [B] [A]
[B] the man who dreamed up the dream that they wrecked their hearts upon
hes the [A]liar who [E]lied in his [B]pop song
the [A]liar who [E]lied in his [B]pop song
and youre [F#m]lying when you sing [B]along,
oh yeah youre [F#m]lying when you sing [B]along
[A] week by week it climbs[B] up and climbs on
and were [E]feeling all right but we [F#m]know its all wrong
[A] Im ashamed to ad[B]mit that I cannot re[E]sist
what I wish were the[F#m] truth but its not
and I [A]truly be[E]lieve were not[B] strong
and well [A]sing until our [E]voices are[B] gone
and then [A]sink beneath the [E]manicured[B] lawn
[A] [E] l [E] l [A] [E] [B] l x2
[B] This is respectfully [A]dedi[E]cated
[A] to the woman who [E]concentrated
[F#m] all of her love to[B] find
[F#m] [B] [A] [E]
[B] that she had wasted it on the liar who lied in this song