Liar – Sex Pistols – Bass cover with tabs

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"Liar: is a song by Sex Pistols from their 1977 album "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols".

All four group members contributed to this song, including Glen Matlock, their original bass player who was soon replaced by Sid Vicious. They wrote "Liar" mostly about Malcolm McClaren, who put the band together and was their first manager. In the song, they accuse him of greed and incompetence.

"We were just hapless young idiots really and we were really unprepared for the world of greed and adulthood that we were thrown into so quickly," John Lydon told Rolling Stone. "Everyone had their piece of poisonous influence to whisper in your ear, and that could cause great division. So I just came around to the point where instead of allowing division, I would unleash my derision."

According to Lydon, this song isn't exclusively about Malcolm McLaren. It also takes on those outside the band who tried to manipulate them.

The line, "You're in suspension, you're a liar" is something Matlock came up with. He liked the double meaning of the word "suspension" - it can hanging from something, or on probation like what happens if you get suspended from school. "It was not long after I was finishing school, and getting in trouble, they suspend you," he said in a Songfacts interview. "I thought it was a weird kind of idea, but he ended up using it."


Lyrics:

Lie, lie, lie, lie, you lie, lie, lie, lie
Tell me why, tell me why
Why'd you have to lie
Should've realised that
Should've told the truth
Should've realised
You know what I'll do

You're in suspension
You're a liar

Now I want to know now-now
I want to know why you never
Look me in the face
Broke a confidence just to please
Your ego should've realised
You know what I know

You're in suspension
You're a liar

I know where you go, everybody you know
I know everything that you do or say
So when you tell lies
I'll always be in your way
I'm nobody's fool and I know all
'Cause I know what I know

You're in suspension
You're a liar
You're a liar
You're a liar

Lie, lie, lie, lie, liar, you lie, lie, lie, lie
I think you're funny, you're funny, haha
I don't need it don't need your blah, blah
Should've realised I know what you are


You're in suspension
You're a liar

Timecode:

00:00 – Titles
00:15 – Intro
00:30 – Verse 1
00:43 – Chorus 1
00:49 – Post-Chorus
00:55 – Verse 2
01:08 – Chorus 2
01:15 – Post-Chorus 2
01:21 – Bridge
01:47 – Guitar Solo
02:13 – Verse 3
02:26 – Chorus 3
02:45 – Outro