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


 
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