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Honesty Is No Excuse

Thin Lizzy
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Up  'til now I used to pass my time
Drinking  beer so slowly,  sometimes  wine
 No God,  air, water  or sunshine
 And honesty  was my only  excuse
 I took  your love  and I used  it
Up  'til now my youthful stage
 A useless  rage, a torn  out page, a worn  out gauge
 A dirty  shade, a big  charade, has  been made
 And honesty  was my only  excuse
 I took  your love  and I used  it
Duu,  duu, duu, du  du duu, duu
Du  du duu, duu
 :
Up  'til now my love life
A  few sweet kisses, a little  missus, a fork  and knife
 A happy  home, a hand  to hold, a land  to roam
 And honesty  was my only  excuse
 I used to take  life by the hand,  and I abused  it
Duu,  duu, duu, du  du duu, duu
Du  du duu, duu
Up  'til now I used to tap dance
Take  a girl by the hand,  saying I need  your, I need your  romance
Oh...
 I had  me some chances
 And honesty  was my only  excuse
 I used  to take your love,  and I'd abuse  it
Duu,  duu, duu, du  du duu, duu
Du  du duu, duu
Up  'til now the path of life was fair enough
Was  fair enough, enough  was fair,  all was right
 And now  I know, I see  the light
 And honesty  was my only  excuse...
 The song fades out from here, so you can choose to either finish the verse
 or end on the ,  I guess... (which will sound pretty bad).
 Anyway, enjoy!

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Readable chord sheet for Honesty Is No Excuse by Thin Lizzy

[A]

[A]Up 'til now I used to pass my time
[A7]Drinking beer so s[D]lowly, s[G]ometimes wi[G/F]ne
No [Bm]God, air, w[Bm/A]ater or [E]sunshine [E7]
And h[C#m]onesty was my [C#m7]only excuse [F#]     [F#7]
I [Bm]took your l[Bm/A]ove and I u[E]sed it

[A]Up 'til now my youthful stage
A u[A7]seless rage, a t[D]orn out page, a [G]worn out gau[G/F]ge
A d[Bm]irty shade, a [Bm/A]big charade, [E]has been made[E7]
And h[C#m]onesty was my [C#m7]only excuse[F#]    [F#7]
I t[Bm]ook your [Bm/A]love and I u[E]sed it  [E7]

[A]Duu, duu, duu, [C#m]du du duu, duu
[G]Du du duu, duu [Bm]      [E]

:
[A]  [A]  [A]  [A]  [A7]  [D]  [G]  [Gmaj7]

[Bm]  [Bm/A]  [E]  [E7]  [C#m]  [C#m7]  [F#]  [F#7]

[Bm]  [Bm/A]  [E]  [E7]  [A]  [C#m]  [G]  [Bm]

[E]  [E]  [E]  [E7]

[A]Up 'til now my love life
[A7]A few sweet kisses, a l[D]ittle missus, a [G]fork and kn[G/F]ife
A [Bm]happy home, a [Bm/A]hand to hold, a l[E]and to roam[E7]
And [C#m]honesty was my [C#m7]only excus[F#]e   [F#7]
I used to [Bm]take life by the h[Bm/A]and, and I a[E]bused it
[A]Duu, duu, duu, [C#m]du du duu, duu
[G]Du du duu, duu [Bm]      [E]             [E7]

[A]Up 'til now I used to tap dance
[A7]Take a girl by the [D]hand, saying I [G]need your, I need your[G/F] romance
[Bm]Oh... [Bm/A]
I h[E]ad me some chanc[E7]es
And h[C#m]onesty was my [C#m7]only exc[F#]use [F#7]
I u[Bm]sed to take your lo[Bm/A]ve, and I'd a[E]buse it [E7]
[A]Duu, duu, duu, [C#m]du du duu, duu
[G]Du du duu, duu [Bm]      [E]             [E7]

[A]Up 'til now the path of life was fair enough
[A7]Was fair enough, [D]enough was fair,[G] all was righ[G/F]t
And n[Bm]ow I know, I [Bm/A]see the light[E]   [E7]
And h[C#m]onesty was my [C#m7]only exc[F#]use.[F#7]..

The song fades out from here, so you can choose to either finish the verse
or end on the [F#7], I guess... (which will sound pretty bad).

Anyway, enjoy!

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