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)

     
2 x 0 0 3 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
       ^ ^ 
G|       ^ ^ V

 ^     ^  ^ 
 ^ V    ^  ^ V

  |
  |  - D marks

 the upstroke 

where you shou

ld
D|       ^ ^ V ^ V    ^  ^ V  |    stop playing at the end of a verse
 ^  ^  ^   
E| ^ *^  ^    

 ^   ^  ^  ^ 
     ^        

  |
  |  -  ^ = do

wnstroke
                                 -  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!

            
e|------------
B|--0-------0-
G|--0-----0-0-
D|------2-----
A|----2-------
E|--0-------0-

             
--------------
------1-----1-
----0-0---0-0-
--2-----2-----
2*----3-----3-
--------------

             
--------------
-----1-0-----0
-----0-0---0--
---2-----0----
-3------------
-------3------

         
------*3-2*---
-0-----0-3---3
-0---0-----2--
---0----------
--------------
-3-------2----

-2*-----0-----
-3----3---3---
--------------
--------------
--------------
-2------------

------|
------|
------|
------|
------|
------|

            
e|------------
B|--0-------0-
G|--0-----0-0-
D|------2-----
A|----2-------
E|--0-------0-

             
--------------
------1-----1-
----0-0---0-0-
--2-----2-----
2*----3-----3-
--------------

             
-------3------
-----1-0-----0
-----0-----0--
---2-----0----
-3------------
-------3------

         
-3-------2----
-0-----0-3---3
-----0-----2--
---0----------
--------------
-3-------2----

-2-2----------
---3----3-----
---2--2---2---
--------------
-------------8
---2----------

------|
------|
------|
------|
///0--|
------|

                                          (remember this is relative to capo)


[Intro]

            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and w

        
atch me burn,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 like the way 

   
it hurts.
            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and h

       
ear me cry,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 love the way 

    
you lie,
                   (slide on D string)
I love the way you lie


[Verse]

              
I can't tell y

            
ou what it rea

lly is, I can 

only tell you 

what it feels 

like

And right now,

 there's a ste

el knife in my

 windpipe

I can't breath

e, but I still

 fight while I

 can fight

As long as the

 wrong feels r

ight, it's lik

e I'm in fligh

t

High off of lo

ve, drunk from

 my hate,
              
it's like I'm 

        
huffin' paint 

and I love it,

 the more I su

ffer, I suffoc

ate

And right befo

re I'm about t

o drown, she r

esuscitates

Me, she fuckin

' hates me, an

d I love it, W

ait!

Where you goin

g? I'm leaving

 you. No you a

in't,
             
Come back. We'

              
re running rig

              
ht back, here 

             
we go again, i

t's so insane


Cuz when it's going good, it's going great


I'm Superman w

ith the wind a

t his back, sh

e's Lois Lane

But when and i

t's bad, it's 

awful, I feel 

so ashamed,

I snap "Who's 

that dude?", I

 don't even kn

ow his name

I laid hands o

n her, I'll ne

ver stoop so l

ow again
        
I guess I don'

              
t know my own 


strength


[Chorus]

            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and w

        
atch me burn,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 like the way 

   
it hurts.
            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and h

       
ear me cry,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 love the way 

    
you lie,
              
I love the way

                  
 you lie
              
I love the way

                          
 you lie


[Verse 2]

              
You ever love 

    
somebody so mu

ch, you can ba

rely breathe w

hen you're wit

h 'em?
    
You meet, and 

neither one of

 you even know

 what hit 'em
         
Got that warm 

fuzzy feeling,

 yeah them chi

lls, used to g

et 'em
           
Now you're get


tin' fuckin' s

ick of lookin'

 at 'em
              
You swore you'

        
d never hit 'e

m, never do no

thin' to hurt 

'em
              
Now you're in 

             
each other's f

ace spewing ve

nom in your wo

rds when you s

pit 'em
    
You push, pull

 each other's 

hair, scratch,

 claw, bit 'em
          
Throw 'em down


, pin 'em, so 

lost in the mo

ments when you

're in 'em
         
It's the face 

that's the cul

prit, it contr

ols you both
              
So they say, y

     
ou'd best to g

o your separat

e ways
              
Guess that the

              
y don't know y

        
a cuz today, t

hat was yester

day,
              
Yesterday is o

              
ver and it's a

  
 different day

, 
              
Sound like bro

              
ken records pl

              
aying over but

      
 you promised 

her,
              
next time you'

              
d show restrai

              
nt, you don't 

     
get another ch

ance
              
Life is no nin

              
tendo game, bu

            
t you lied aga

in


Now you get to watch her leave out the window

             
Guess that's w


hy they call i

t "window pane

"


[Chorus]

            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and w

        
atch me burn,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 like the way 

   
it hurts.
            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and h

       
ear me cry,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 love the way 

    
you lie,
              
I love the way

                  
 you lie
              
I love the way

                          
 you lie


[Verse 3]

              
Now I know we 


said things, d

id things that

 we didn't mea

n
       
And we fall ba

ck into the sa

me patterns, s

ame routine

But your tempe

r's just as ba

d as mine is; 

you're the sam

e as me

When it comes 

to love you're

 just as blind

ed
    
Baby please co

me back, it wa

sn't you. Baby

 it was me,
     
Maybe our rela

tionship isn't

 as crazy as i

t seems
     
Maybe that's w

hat happens wh

en a tornado m

eets a volcano

All I know is 

I love you too

 much, to walk

 away though

Come inside, p

ick up your ba

gs off the sid

ewalk

Don't you hear

 sincerity in 

my voice when 

I talk?

Told you this 

is my fault, l

ook me in the 

eyeball

Next time I'm 

pissed, I'll a

im my fist at 

the drywall

Next time? The

re won't be no

 next time
       
I apologize, e

ven though I k

now it's lies
              
I'm tired of t

   
he games, I ju

st want her ba

ck. I know I'm

 a liar,
        
If she ever tr

              
ies to fuckin'

        
 leave again,

Ima tie her to the bed and set this house on fire

Just gonna


[Chorus]

            
Stand there an

           
d watch me bur

n,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 like the way 

   
it hurts.
            
Just gonna sta

              
nd there and h

       
ear me cry,
             
But that's alr

              
ight because I

              
 love the way 

    
you lie,
              
I love the way

                  
 you lie
              
I love the way

                          
 you lie