As a kid, my (F#m)hands were red.
When you asked me, (F#m)I de nied it.
I’ve told lies that (F#m)nev er came true,
and I have sto len, and (F#m)so have you.
If we can (F#m)make it through an (F#m)oth er day
with you be (F#m)liev ing in my (F#m)in no cence,
then we can (F#m)make it through an (Bm)oth er year,
’cause we both (F#m)need it to for (Bm)get this fear.
If it’s (B5)all the same to you, then it’s just a lit tle white lie, then it’s (B5)all the same to me, and it’s just a lit tle white lie.
If I (B5)was to blame, would you,
(Dmaj9)would you still be lieve?
I don’t want you (F#m)to for get;
just pre tend that it (F#m)nev er hap pened.
And it’s (F#m)just a lit tle white lie.
And it’s (F#m)just a lit tle white lie.
If it’s (Bsus)all the same to you, (D)then it’s just a lit tle white lie, and it’s (Bsus)all the same to me, (D)then it’s just a lit tle white lie.
If I (Bsus)was to blame, would you,
(Dmaj9)would you still be (D6/9)lieve,
(Asus)if I (A)was a (F#m)thief?
This page shows “White Lie” by The Lumineers in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.