Love the Way You Lie

	 
[Intro]
           Em                      
Just gonna stand there and watch me
 C 
 burn, 
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I like the
        Dadd11 
 way it hurts. 
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts. 
           Em                     
Just gonna stand there and hear me
 C 
 cry, 
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I love the
         Dadd11 
 way you lie, 
But that's alright because I love the way you lie, 
                  
I love the way you
 (slide on D string) 
 lie
I love the way you lie
[Strophe]
                          Em 
I can't tell you what it really is, I
 can only tell you what it feels like
 
I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like 
C 
And right now, there's a steel knife
 in my windpipe 
And right now, there's a steel knife in my windpipe 
G 
I can't breathe, but I still fight
 while I can fight 
I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight 
Dadd11 
As long as the wrong feels right,
 it's like I'm in flight 
As long as the wrong feels right, it's like I'm in flight 
Em 
High off of love, drunk from my hate,
 
High off of love, drunk from my hate, 
                      C 
it's like I'm huffin' paint and I
 love it, the more I suffer, I
 suffocate 
it's like I'm huffin' paint and I love it, the more I suffer, I suffocate 
G 
And right before I'm about to drown,
 she resuscitates 
And right before I'm about to drown, she resuscitates 
Dadd11 
Me, she fuckin' hates me, and I love
 it, Wait! 
Me, she fuckin' hates me, and I love it, Wait! 
Em 
Where you going? I'm leaving you. No
 you ain't, 
Where you going? I'm leaving you. No you ain't, 
C                                   
Come back. We're running right back,
                   G 
 here we go again, it's so insane 
Come back. We're running right back, here we go again, it's so insane 
  
Cuz when it's going good, it's going
 great  
Cuz when it's going good, it's going great  
Dadd11 
I'm Superman with the wind at his
 back, she's Lois Lane 
I'm Superman with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane 
Em 
But when and it's bad, it's awful, I
 feel so ashamed, 
But when and it's bad, it's awful, I feel so ashamed, 
C 
I snap "Who's that dude?", I don't
 even know his name 
I snap "Who's that dude?", I don't even know his name 
G 
I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop
 so low again 
I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop so low again 
Dadd11                      N.C. 
I guess I don't know my own strength
[Refrain]
           Em                      
Just gonna stand there and watch me
 C 
 burn, 
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I like the
        Dadd11 
 way it hurts. 
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts. 
           Em                     
Just gonna stand there and hear me
 C 
 cry, 
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I love the
         Dadd11 
 way you lie, 
But that's alright because I love the way you lie, 
                   Em             C 
I love the way you lie 
                  
I love the way you
 G              Dadd11       N.C. 
 lie
I love the way you lie
[Strophe]
                  Em 
You ever love somebody so much, you
 can barely breathe when you're
 with 'em? 
You ever love somebody so much, you can barely breathe when you're with 'em? 
    C 
You meet, and neither one of you even
 know what hit 'em 
You meet, and neither one of you even know what hit 'em 
         G 
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah
 them chills, used to get 'em 
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills, used to get 'em 
           Dadd11 
Now you're gettin' fuckin' sick of
 lookin' at 'em 
Now you're gettin' fuckin' sick of lookin' at 'em 
                      Em 
You swore you'd never hit 'em, never
 do nothin' to hurt 'em 
You swore you'd never hit 'em, never do nothin' to hurt 'em 
                           C 
Now you're in each other's face
 spewing venom in your words
 when you spit 'em 
Now you're in each other's face spewing venom in your words when you spit 'em 
    G 
You push, pull each other's hair,
 scratch, claw, bit 'em 
You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em 
          Dadd11 
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in
 the moments when you're in 'em 
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments when you're in 'em 
         Em 
It's the rage that took over, it
 controls you both 
It's the rage that took over, it controls you both 
                   C 
So they say, you'd best to go your
 separate ways 
So they say, you'd best to go your separate ways 
                                 
Guess that they don't know ya cuz
   G 
 today, that was yesterday, 
Guess that they don't know ya cuz today, that was yesterday, 
                            
Yesterday is over and it's a
  Dadd11 
 different day,  
Yesterday is over and it's a different day,  
                                 
Sound like broken records playing
               Em 
 over but you promised her, 
Sound like broken records playing over but you promised her, 
                                   
next time you'd show restraint, you
            C 
 don't get another chance 
next time you'd show restraint, you don't get another chance 
                                 
Life is no nintendo game, but you
       G 
 lied again  
Life is no nintendo game, but you lied again  
  
Now you get to watch her leave out
 the window  
Now you get to watch her leave out the window  
             Dadd11 
Guess that's why they call it "window
 pane"
Guess that's why they call it "window pane"
[Refrain]
           Em                      
Just gonna stand there and watch me
 C 
 burn, 
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I like the
        Dadd11 
 way it hurts. 
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts. 
           Em                     
Just gonna stand there and hear me
 C 
 cry, 
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I love the
         Dadd11 
 way you lie, 
But that's alright because I love the way you lie, 
                   Em             C 
I love the way you lie 
                  
I love the way you
 G              Dadd11       N.C. 
 lie
I love the way you lie
[Strophe]
              Em 
Now I know we said things, did things
 that we didn't mean 
Now I know we said things, did things that we didn't mean 
       C 
And we fall back into the same
 patterns, same routine 
And we fall back into the same patterns, same routine 
G 
But your temper's just as bad as mine
 is; you're the same as me 
But your temper's just as bad as mine is; you're the same as me 
Dadd11 
When it comes to love you're just as
 blinded 
When it comes to love you're just as blinded 
    Em 
Baby please come back, it wasn't you.
 Baby it was me, 
Baby please come back, it wasn't you. Baby it was me, 
     C 
Maybe our relationship isn't as crazy
 as it seems 
Maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems 
     G 
Maybe that's what happens when a
 tornado meets a volcano 
Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano 
Dadd11 
All I know is I love you too much, to
 walk away though 
All I know is I love you too much, to walk away though 
Em 
Come inside, pick up your bags off
 the sidewalk 
Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk 
C 
Don't you hear sincerity in my voice
 when I talk? 
Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk? 
G 
Told you this is my fault, look me in
 the eyeball 
Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball 
Dadd11 
Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my
 fist at the drywall 
Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my fist at the drywall 
Em 
Next time? There won't be no next
 time 
Next time? There won't be no next time 
       C 
I apologize, even though I know it's
 lies 
I apologize, even though I know it's lies 
                 G 
I'm tired of the games, I just want
 her back. I know I'm a liar, 
I'm tired of the games, I just want her back. I know I'm a liar, 
       Dadd11                     
If she ever tries to fuckin' leave
  N.C. 
 again, 
If she ever tries to fuckin' leave again, 
  
Ima tie her to the bed and set this
 house on fire 
Ima tie her to the bed and set this house on fire 
  
Just gonna 
[Refrain]
Em                       C 
Stand there and watch me burn, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I like the
        Dadd11 
 way it hurts. 
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts. 
           Em                     
Just gonna stand there and hear me
 C 
 cry, 
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry, 
             G                       
But that's alright because I love the
         Dadd11 
 way you lie, 
But that's alright because I love the way you lie, 
                   Em             C 
I love the way you lie 
                  
I love the way you
 G              Dadd11       N.C. 
 lie
I love the way you lie