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Its A Sin To Tell A Lie
Words & Music by Billy Mayhew, 1933Recorded 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