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Its A Sin To Tell A Lie
Words & Music by Billy Mayhew, 1933
Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1956
D7 D+5 Am7 G D+ Cdim G6 6
Be sure it's true when you say I love you
D7 G B7 Cdim C E7 Am7
It's a sin to tell a lie
D7 Am7 D7 F#7 G
Millions of hearts have been bro - ken
A7 Em7 A7 Em7 Am7 Cdim D7
Just because these words were spo - ken
D+ G D+ Cdim G6 G
I love you, yes I do, I love you
D7 G B7 Cdim C E7 Am7
If you break my heart I'll die
D7 C C/B Am7 Cm G Bm7-5 E7
So be sure it's true when you say I love you
Cdim A7 Cdim D7 Cdim G
It's a sin to tell a lie.
G Em7 D+ D7
Cross my heart and I hope to die
G D Am7 G/B G Am7 G
I'll never, never, ever tell another white lie
D+ G Em7 B7
Took a little doll out on a date last night
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
Next to her, Gravel Gertie would have looked all right
D Am7 D9 Am7 D Am7 D7
Now I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea
G6 Edim Am7 G6
'Cause I said "Baby, you look good to me."
A7 Em7 A7 Gdim
I told her I loved her but, oh, how I lied,
D Am7 D9 Am7 D Am7 D7
And now she's gettin' set to be my blushin' bride.
D+ G Em7 D+ Cdim G Am7 G
If she leads me to the altar, then I'm sunk,
D7 G G+7 G7 G C C/B Am7
'Cause I can't tell the preacher I was drunk (dead drunk)
C C/B Am7 Cm
So Lord have mercy on a no 'count sinner,
G+7 G B7 E7
Give me one more chance to let another guy win her --
C C/B Am7 D7
Cross my heart and I hope to die.
G D Am7 G/B G Am7 G
I'll never, never, ever tell another white lie,
G7 C C/B D D7 G
I'll never tell another white lie.
Adapted from an arrangement sent in by Mal Ginn. The second half, however is from Somethin' Smith and the Redheads' 1955 version
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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