Tom: D
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Verse]
D A
I was born about ten thousand years ago
D
In Bellmullet in the County of Mayo
G D Bm
It was me that chased the vermin, while St. Patrick preached the sermon
A D
And I'll whoop the man that says it isn't so
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Verse]
D A
I saw Eve go pickin' apples off a tree
D
She came over and she offered one to me
G D Bm
I turned and said, "Dear madam, go try your luck with Adam
A D
I'm going home to have some fish and chips and tea."
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Verse]
D A
I saw Delilah cuttin' Samson's hair
D
She snipped away until his head was bare
G D Bm
When he couldn't run away, well she married him next day
A D
And they opened a barber shop in Clare
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Verse]
D A
With King Billy at the Boyne I heard them call
D
On his followers to follow till they fall
G D Bm
Then he said, "We'll win quite easy, and we'll canonize, young Paisley."
A D
Then he up and sang a verse of Derry's Walls
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Verse]
D A
It was during World War II I met them all
D
There was Roosevelt and Churchill and DeGaulle
G D Bm
Then one day I nearly fainted, I was having my house painted
A D
There was Hitler hanging paper in the hall
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
[Chorus]
D A
Singing rightful too-ra-laddie too-ra-lee
D
There is no one who can tell a lie like me
G D Bm
You can search until you tire, you won't find a bigger liar
A D
I've been lying since the dawn of history
