Chords:
{t:Liars' Bar}
{artist:The Beautiful South }
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehach1O0C0A Capo 2
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[C] [D] [F] [C]
[C] [D] [F] [C]
[C] Well sitting in a bar alone
where [D] no-one knows your name
is like [G] laying in a [F] graveyard wide a-[C]wake
[C] You're scared that if you cough or yawn
you [D] might wake up the dead
So [F] pretend to read a paper
or just drink [C] instead
[C] I'm a stand-up comedian
but I'd [D] sit down if I could
The [F] world just seems
to want folk like me to [C] stand
And the [C] punch-lines seem to disappear
like [D] clouds across the sky
And the [F] laughter could be real
or could be [C] canned
[C] Rum by the kettle drum
[D] Whisky by the jar
[G] At Liar's [C] Bar
[D] [F] [C]
[C] Well living with a lying man
could [D] never really hurt
But [F] living with a drunk
well no-one de-[C]serves
And you're [C] looking for your husband
you're not [D] sure he's still alive
Don't [F] bother with the cemetery
he'll be down at [C] Liar's dive
I'm a [C] travelling businessman
I just [D] stopped in for one drink
You'll [F] find that I'm not like the other [C] men
[C] Their noses are red
whilst [D] mine is only pink
And [F] they didn't choose their drink
their drink [C] chose them
[C] Rum by the kettle drum
[D] Whisky by the jar
[G] At Liar's [C] Bar
[D] [Dm] [F] [C]
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And the [C] grave-digger's smiling
at his [D] reflection in his spade
He's [F] visiting the seediest
the [C] shallowest of [D] graves
The [C] vocal chords of elephants
and the [D] characters of mice
They're [F] singing "whisky, whisky"
so [C] good they named it twice
[C] And son, this is Rule 1
[C] Well I don't pass buildings with lights on
if I [D] said that I did I'd have lied
'Cause what [F] looks like a Chinese restaurant
may have [C] Chinese New Year inside
And [C] son all my life I've been searching
the [D] bars I've been in I forget
The [F] lights outside ever brighter
but a [C] light on the inside [G] not yet
[C] Rum by the kettle drum
[D] Whisky by the jar
[G] At Liar's [C] Bar
And [C] he's a world-wide traveller
he's [D] not like me or you
But he[F] comes in mighty regular
for [C] one who's [G] passing through
[C] That one came in his work clothes
he's [D] missed his last bus home
He's [F] missed a hell of a lot of buses
for a [C] man who wants to roam
He'll [C] never get to roam, son
And [C] son, this is Rule [C] 2
If I [C] look rough I am rough
If I [D] look sad I am
If I [F] look broke I am broke
Just a [C] broke down piece of man
I've[C] turned over enough leaves
to fill an autumn
and if I [D] had one final wish
I'd be your [F] slave for a decade
if you could [C] take me away from this
If you [C] took me away from this
I'd be [D] different you'd see
'Cause I [F] didn't choose the drink
a drink [C] just chose me
[C] Rum by the kettle drum
[D] Whisky by the jar
[G] At Liar's [C] Bar
[D][F] [C] [G]
Well I'm [C] smoking like a chimney
[G] At Liar's [C] Bar
