INTRO: G  C  G  D 

       G                C           G
Scratched a heart on your door then I showed myself outside 
     G               C                  G
Lashed my soul 'cross this twin-v horse and rode off in the night 
     C                Em                C              D
Guess you noticed I'm gone and the old mornin' sun's castin' shadows with questions inside 
    G                  C             G       D
So the truth in this letter at dawn will shed a new light 
 
 
CHORUS: 
        G
Truth is, I lied when I said I'd always be your whippin' pet 
  Em
I lied when I said I didn't mind the hurt I guess 
   C                          D       C
When I pleaded and stated I needed you just to survive (I lied) 
           G
Truth is, last night when you tore my heart apart my mind began 
   Em
Never thinkin' 'bout thinkin' like your fool again 
     C                                  D     C
And the freedom that filled me kept spellin' out truth as I'd write 
        G     C  G  D
Truth is I lied.... 
 
   G              C            G
Saw an image of you where the highway touched the sky 
     G               C             G
It was blockin' my view so I steered that thought aside 
    C             Em           C             D
Now the mornin' and me ride a cold memory past tomorrow to some other town 
      G                 C          G      D
Where we'll never care whether this truth was lost or found 
 
 
CHORUS: 
        G
Truth is, I lied when I said I'd always be your whippin' pet 
  Em
I lied when I said I shouldn't mind the hurt I guess 
   C                          D       C
When I pleaded and stated I needed you just to survive (I lied) 
           G
Truth is, last night when you tore my heart apart my mind began 
   Em
Never thinkin' 'bout thinkin' like your fool again 
     C                                  D     C
And the freedom that filled me kept spellin' out truth as I'd write 
        G     C  Em C D
Truth is I lied... 
 
        G     C  Em C D G
Truth is I lied...