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{t:Liar, The} {artist:Tom Makem} {key: D} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfTWqXHQFc Capo 3 I was [D] born about ten thousand years a-[A]go In Bell-[A7] mullet in the County of Ma-[D]yo It was [G] me that chased the vermin, while St. [D] Patrick preached the [Bm] sermon And I'll [A] whoop the man that says it isn't [D] so Singing [D] rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-[A7]lee There is no one who can tell a lie like [D] me You can [G] search until you tire, you won't [D] find a bigger [Bm] liar I've been [A7] lying since the dawn of histo-[D]ry I saw [D] Eve go pickin' apples off a [A] tree She came [A7] over and she offered one to [D] me I [G] turned and said, "Dear madam, go [D] try your luck with [Bm] Adam I'm going [A] home to have some fish and chips and [D] tea." Singing [D] rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-[A7]lee There is no one who can tell a lie like [D] me You can [G] search until you tire, you won't [D] find a bigger [Bm] liar I've been [A7] lying since the dawn of histo-[D]ry I saw [D] Delilah cuttin' Samson's [A] hair She [A7] snipped away until his head was [D] bare When he[G] couldn't run away, well she[D] married him next [Bm] day And they [A] opened a barber shop in [D] Clare Singing [D] rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-[A7]lee There is no one who can tell a lie like [D] me You can [G] search until you tire, you won't [D] find a bigger [Bm] liar I've been [A7] lying since the dawn of histo-[D]ry With King [D] Billy at the Boyne I heard them [A] call On his [A7] followers to follow till they [D] fall Then he [G] said, "We'll win quite easy, and we'll [D] canonize the [Bm] beggar." Then he [A] up and sang a verse of Derry's [D] Walls Singing [D] rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-[A7]lee There is no one who can tell a lie like [D] me You can [G] search until you tire, you won't [D] find a bigger [Bm] liar I've been [A7] lying since the dawn of histo-[D]ry It was [D] during World War II I met them [A] all There was [A7] Roosevelt and Churchill and De-[D]Gaulle Then one [G] day I nearly fainted, I was [D] having my house [Bm] painted There was [A] Hitler hanging paper in the [D] hall {c: sing chorus twice for end} Singing [D] rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-[A7]lee There is no one who can tell a lie like [D] me You can [G] search until you tire, you won't [D] find a bigger [Bm] liar I've been [A7] lying since the dawn of histo-[D]ry