Making A Liar Out Of Me

Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded: Sept. 26, 1980
From: “Trouble No More – The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981” (2017)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Verse 1

       A                              D
I tell people, you just going through changes
                A                              D
And that you’re acquainted both with night and day
          A                                     D
That your money’s good and you’re just being courageous
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On them burning bridges knowing your feet are made of clay
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Well I say you won’t be destroyed by your inventions
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That you brought it all under captivity
             A                             D
And that you really do have all the best intentions
           A        G    D      A
But you’re making a liar out of me

Verse 2

       A                                   D
Well I say that you’re just young and self-tormented
         A                  D
But that deep down you understand
    A                                       D
The hopes and fears and dreams of the discontented
      A                                     D
That threaten now to overtake your promised land
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Well I say you’d not sow discord among brothers
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Nor drain a man of his integrity
           A                                     D
That you remember the cries of orphans and their mothers
           A        G    D      A
But you’re making a liar out of me
           A        G           A
But you’re making a liar out of me

Verse 3

       A                                           D
Well I say that, that ain’t flesh and blood you’re drinking
       A                                 D
In the wounded empire of your fool’s paradise
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With a light above your head forever blinking
        A                   D
Turning virgins into merchandise
         A                                      D
That you must have been beautiful when you were living
      A                                D
You remind me of some old-time used-to-be
  A                                              D
I say you can be trusted with the power you been given
           A        G           A
But you’re making a liar out of me

Verse 4

   A                                 D
So many things so hard to say as you stumble
        A                         D
To take refuge in your offices of shame
       A                               D
As the earth beneath my feet begins to rumble
         A                                   D
And your young men die for nothin’, not even fame
           A                       D
I say that someday you’ll begin to trust us
              A                                        D
And that your conscience has not been slain by conformity
          A                              D
That you stand up unafraid to believe in justice
           A        G    D      A
But you’re making a liar out of me
       A        G    D      A
You’re making a liar out of me

Verse 5

       A                             D
Well I can hear the sound of distant thunder
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From an open window at the end of every hall
A                              D
 Now that you’re gone I got to wonder
A                              D
 If you ever were here at all
  A                           D
I say you never sacrificed my children
        A                        D
To some false god of infidelity
              A                                  D
And that it’s not the Tower of Babel that you’re building
           A        G    D      A
But you’re making a liar out of me
       A        G    D      A
You’re making a liar out of me
            A        G    D         A
Now, you’re making a liar out of me