The Smiths - Miserable Lie: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'Miserable Lie' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Miserable Lie Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Smiths

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'Miserable Lie' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

         D A G
So, goodbye
Please stay with your own kind
And I'll stay with mine

There's something against us
It's not time
It's not time
So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

       Bm  D          A
I know i need hardly say
G        A Bm         D      A G A
how much i love your casual way
        Bm              D       A
oh but please put your tounge away
G  A      Bm              D      A
a little higher and were well away

The dark nights are drawing in
And your humour is as black as them
I look at yours, you laugh at mine
And "love" is just a miserable lie

You have destroyed my flower-like life
Not once - twice
You have corrupt my innocent mind
Not once - twice

I know the wind-swept mystical air
It means : I'd like to see your underwear
I recognise that mystical air
It means: I'd like to seize your underwear

What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
Just a rented room in Whalley Range
What do we get for our trouble and pain?
...Whalley Range!

Into the depths of the criminal world
I followed her...

Chorus:
G      A Bm    D      A    G A Bm D A
I need advice, I need advice
G      A Bm    D      A    G A Bm D A
I need advice, I need advice
G  A  Bm              D   A
Nobody ever looks at me twice
G  A  Bm  D  A    G  A   Bm  D A
Nobody ever looks at me twice

I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world
Oh oh, oh...
I'm just a country-mile behind
The world

I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world
Oh oh, oh...
Take me when you go
Oh oh, oh...
Take me when you go
Oh oh, oh...
I need advice, I need advice


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'Miserable Lie' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'Miserable Lie' by The Smiths.