Intro:
| C | Am | G | F |
| C | Am | G | F |

F             C
If that was a lie
               Am                           G
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
F
Every word
              C
If that was a lie
        Am                                       G
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
            F
But said it anyway
        Dm
You can take it back if you want to
    G
But I'm still gonna believe you
       Am     F
Every word
              C
If that was a lie
              G                           C
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard

Interlude:
Am                 F       C       F
Tell me now was it my imagination
          C              G
Or just a whisper on the wind
    C                   F
You know the tricks the heart can play
  G                 Am
I swear I thought I heard you say
         F                  G
That you loved me, yeah you loved me

              C
If that was a lie
               Am                           G
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
   F
Oh every word
              C
If that was a lie
        Am                                       G
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
            F
But said it anyway
        Dm
You can take it back if you want to
    G
But I'm still gonna believe you
       Am     F
Every word
              C
If that was a lie
              G                           C
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard

Bridge:
G
I felt it in your tender touch
C
I wanted to believe so much
F                          C
But was afraid to let you know
G
I've been waiting for so long
Am
To say I didn't hear you wrong
F                       G         C
You loved me, yeah you loved me

C
If that was a lie
               Am                           G
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
   F
Oh every word
              C
If that was a lie
        Am                                       G
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
            F
But said it anyway

              C
If that was a lie
              Am
If that was a lie
              G
If that was a lie
              F
.....ooooh every word
              C
If that was a lie
              Am
If that was a lie
              G
If that was a lie
              F
.....said it anyway
              C
If that was a lie
              Am
If that was a lie
              G
If that was a lie
              F
.....ooooh every word