How to Play I Can't Lie on Guitar?

Maroon 5 - I Can't Lie can be played in the key of G using the G, Am, Bm, Em, D chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play I Can't Lie with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Maroon 5 - I Can’t Lie Chords

Chord reference G, Am, Bm, Em, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G](oohh aaah la la [Am]la la la la la)

[G]I must have been a fool To love you so hard for so long So much [Am]stronger than before But so much harder to move on And now the [G]bitter chill of the winter Still blows through me like a plague Only to [Am]wake up with an empty bed On a perfect summer day

[Bm](uuuh) my world just feels so [Em]cold And you [Am]find yourself walking down the [D]wrong side of the road

Ow! [G]I can’t lie you’re on my mind stuck inside my head I wanna [Am]feel your heart beat for me [D]instead, yeah [G]I just die so much inside now that you’re not there I [Am]wanna feel your heart beat [D]like yesterday

[G]I never did my best to express how I really felt And now that I [Am]know exactly what I want You found somebody else

[Bm]Ooooh my world just feels so [Em]cold And you [Am]find yourself walking on the [D]wrong side of the road Oh yeah

[G]I can’t lie you’re on my mind stuck inside my head I wanna [Am]feel your heart beat [D]for me instead, yeah [G]I just die so much inside now that you’re not there I wanna [Am]feel your heart beat like [D]yesterday

[G](aa [Am]ah [D]la [G]la [Am]la la [D]la la la)

[Bm]My world just feels so [Em]cold And I [Am]find myself thinking about the [D]things I could have done And it [Am]warms my soul when you let me know I’m [D]not the only one

[G]I can’t lie you’re on my mind stuck inside my head I wanna [Am]feel your heart beat [D]for me instead, yeah.

Artist Maroon 5

Album Hands All Over

Genres Funk, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock

Year 2010

Key G

Maroon 5 - I Can't Lie can be played in the key of G using the G, Am, Bm, Em, D chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Can't Lie with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.