Love the Way You Lie Eminem
Love the Way You Lie (featuring Rihanna)
album: Recovery
tabbed by ambient203
Tuning: Standard
Capo 3
x = muted strings
Most of the chord tabs for this song look good, but there's a few
alterations in the chords throughout the song I thought I'd note here.
I think the chorus is pretty much exactly the same as the verse, this is
kinda how it should look:
Em: Last few strokes should have pinky on G (high e string), right before
the quick up-down between chord changes. It's not very noticeable, but it
makes playing the song more interesting.
C: For this, you should have the pinky on G a little earlier, on the first
or second downstroke. This is more accentuated than the brief G in the Em
bar.
G: Pretty much just G, with the D on B string for the full sound.
D: This is actually Dadd11 in the chorus and verse (not intro), G with an
F# bass note (here it is, I didn't even know the name until I looked it up)
[E]2 [A]x [D]0 [G]0 [B]3 [E]3
Make sure you get the nice down-strokes on the bass notes before playing
full chords. And that's pretty much it. I try and avoid the high e string
until the accentuated note is played (for instance, the C chord with high G)
e| 3 D 3 3 3 | - 3 is the G on pinky for the C chord
B| ^ ^ V ^ V ^ ^ V |
G| ^ ^ V ^ V ^ ^ V | - D marks the upstroke where you should
D| ^ ^ V ^ V ^ ^ V | stop playing at the end of a verse
A| ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ V |
E| ^ *^ ^ ^ | - ^ = downstroke
- V = upstroke
*(occasionally there's an upstroke here, after the chorus in C chord bar)
I know that looks unnecessarily complicated, and you can probably figure
it out yourself, but I thought I'd note it out since I've never done it before.
Here's the piano bit that plays while Rihanna sings for the intro:
The stars are devoiced notes that sound better played almost inaudibly.
Make sure you have a capo on the 3rd fret!
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
e|----------------------------------------------*3-2*----2*-----0-----------| B|--0-------0-------1-----1------1-0-----0-0-----0-3---3-3----3---3---------| G|--0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0------0-0---0---0---0-----2----------------------| D|------2-------2-----2--------2-----0-------0------------------------------| A|----2-------2*----3-----3--3----------------------------------------------| E|--0-------0----------------------3-------3-------2-----2------------------|
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
e|---------------------------------3-------3-------2-----2-2----------------| B|--0-------0-------1-----1------1-0-----0-0-----0-3---3---3----3-----------| G|--0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0------0-----0-------0-----2-----2--2---2---------| D|------2-------2-----2--------2-----0-------0------------------------------| A|----2-------2*----3-----3--3---------------------------------------8///0--| E|--0-------0----------------------3-------3-------2-------2----------------|
(remember this is relative to capo)
Intro
Just gonna [Em]stand there and watch me [C]burn,
But that's al[G]right because I like the way it [Dadd11]hurts.
Just gonna [Em]stand there and hear me [C]cry,
But that's al[G]right because I love the way you [Dadd11]lie,
(slide on D string)
I love the way you lie
Verse
I can't tell you what it r[Em]eally is, I can only tell you what it feels like
[C]And right now, there's a steel knife in my windpipe
[G]I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight
[Dadd11]As long as the wrong feels right, it's like I'm in flight
[Em]High off of love, drunk from my hate,
it's like I'm huffin' [C]paint and I love it, the more I suffer, I suffocate
[G]And right before I'm about to drown, she resuscitates
[Dadd11]Me, she fuckin' hates me, and I love it, Wait!
[Em]Where you going? I'm leaving you. No you ain't,
[C]Come back. We're running right back, here we go again, [G]it's so insane
Cuz when it's going good, it's going great
[Dadd11]I'm Superman with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane
[Em]But when and it's bad, it's awful, I feel so ashamed,
[C]I snap "Who's that dude?", I don't even know his name
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eminem/love_the_way_you_lie_tab.html )
[G]I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop so low again
Dadd11 (abrupt stop)
I guess I don't know my own strength
Chorus
Just gonna [Em]stand there and watch me [C]burn,
But that's al[G]right because I like the way it [Dadd11]hurts.
Just gonna [Em]stand there and hear me [C]cry,
But that's al[G]right because I love the way you [Dadd11]lie,
I love the way you [Em]lie[C]
G Dadd11 (abrupt stop)
I love the way you lie
Verse 2
You ever love some[Em]body so much, you can barely breathe when you with 'em?
You [C]meet, and neither one of you even know it hit 'em
Got that [G]warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills used to get 'em
Now you [Dadd11]gettin' fuckin' sick of lookin' at 'em
You swore you'd never [Em]hit 'em, never do nothin' to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's [C]face spewing venom in your words when you spit 'em
You [G]push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em
Throw 'em [Dadd11]down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments when you're in 'em
It's the [Em]face that's the culprit, controls you both
So they say, you'd [C]best to go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know ya cuz to[G]day, that was yesterday,
Yesterday is over and it's a d[Dadd11]ifferent day,
Sound like broken records playing over but you p[Em]romised her,
next time you'd show restraint, you don't get a[C]nother chance
Life is no nintendo game, but you lied a[G]gain
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that's [Dadd11]why they call it "window pane"
Chorus
Just gonna [Em]stand there and watch me [C]burn,
But that's al[G]right because I like the way it [Dadd11]hurts.
Just gonna [Em]stand there and hear me [C]cry,
But that's al[G]right because I love the way you [Dadd11]lie,
I love the way you [Em]lie[C]
G Dadd11 (abrupt stop)
I love the way you lie
Verse 3
Now I know we [Em]said things, did things that we didn't mean
And we [C]fall back into the same patterns, same routine
[G]But your temper's just as bad as mine is; you're the same as me
[Dadd11]When it comes to love you're just as blinded
Baby[Em] please come back, it wasn't you. Baby it was me,
Maybe[C] our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems
Maybe[G] that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
[Dadd11]All I know is I love you too much, to walk away though
[Em]Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk
[C]Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk?
[G]Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
[Dadd11]Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my fist at the drywall
[Em]Next time? There won't be no next time
I apolo[C]gize, even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the [G]games, I just want her back. I know I'm a liar,
Dadd11 (abrupt stop)
If she ever tries to fuckin' leave again,
Ima tie her to the bed and set this house on fire
Just gonna
Chorus
[Em]Stand there and watch me [C]burn,
But that's al[G]right because I like the way it [Dadd11]hurts.
Just gonna [Em]stand there and hear me [C]cry,
But that's al[G]right because I love the way you [Dadd11]lie,
I love the way you [Em]lie[C]
G Dadd11 (abrupt stop)
I love the way you lie
Sorry that this is so long, I just wanted to give you the opportunity
to sing/rap along as you play. As far as I know, the lyrics are pretty
close, let me know if something's wrong.
Hope you enjoyed it, this is an awesome song.
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