G                                   Bm
Well I've gone and lost my faith in photographs
D                        G       D
Cursed those martyrs that mark my past
G                                    Bm
And I long for a day when we'll look back and laugh
          D                     G
About all this
G                           Bm
But good luck finding your peace of mind
D     A         G            D
Being born into these brutal times
G                                 Bm        D
And these days I don't pray when I close my eyes
      A                     G
I just bite my tongue a bit harder


[Chorus 1]
                 D     A        G
Cause you were a lie I chose to believe
D        A      G               D
A lie I chose to believe


[Verse 2]
G                                 Bm
Let's float these gutters up past heaven's gate
D                    G           D
Get me out of these damn desert states
G                               Bm
Did you hear the one about the hand of fate?
  A                           G
Oh man, It'll make your heart stop
G                               Bm
Do you ever wish you could just back out?
D         A           G       D
Take your nickels and go cash out?
G                            Bm
Forget the faces you've been crying about
D                               G
And see where forgiveness takes you?


[Chorus 2]
D       A        G
a lie I chose to believe
                   D      A      G   D
You were the lie I chose to believe


[Bridge]
A
Sweet surrender like the break of dawn
G                             D
With the map laid out and the arrows drawn
A
But I think too much and wait too long
G                         D
And I never tell but you know
D                     Bm       A
How to lift me when I sink too low


[Verse 3]
G                                 Bm
Now I've found me a reason to be a man
D                          G            D
Out on the shoulder with an outstretched hand
G                           Bm
Just a little solid ground to stand
D        A            G
Is all I ever needed
G                                  Bm
So I'll shout it out from the heavens above
D                          G       D
Hell ain't nothin' but the devil's drug
G                                        Bm
Well love isn't the sickness, that I once thought it was
D              A             G
When I was too surrounded to see


[Chorus 3]
D       A        G
a lie I chose to believe
D       A        G
a lie I chose to believe
             D     A       G
you were the lie I chose to believe