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It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

Capo 2nd fret


             C             B7     C
Be sure it's true when you say "I love you" -
              E7     F - A7 - Dm
It's a sin to tell a lie.
G                            C
Millions of hearts have been broken 
Dm                            Dm7 G
Just because these words were spo-ken:
        C          B7    C
"I love you, yes I do, I love you, 
                E7          F - A7 - Dm
If you break my heart, I'll die."
      F         Fm            C           A7
So be sure it's true when you say "I love you" - 
       D7     G      C   G
It's a sin to tell a lie.


C                 B7
Cross my heart, I hope to die!
     C
I'll never, never, never tell another white lie!
                            E7
Took a little girl out on a date last night - 
        F           A7                Dm
Next to her, Gravel Gertie would have looked alright.
G
Now I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea, 
       C
'Cause I said, "Baby, you look good to me."
  Dm
I told her I loved her, and oh, how I lied - 
Dm7                            G
Now she's getting set to be my blushing bride!
       C               B7         C
If she leads me to the altar, I'm sunk, 
                         E7             F - A7 - Dm
'Cause I cannot tell the preacher I was drunk.
   F                     Fm
So Lord, have mercy on a no account sinner, 
        C                       A7
Give me one more chance to let another guy win her!
D7                G
Cross my heart, I hope to die!
     C
I'll never, never, never, tell it - one more time -
     D7          G7           C - F
I'll never tell another white lie!
C                   C7
O-lee-o-lee-o-lee-o.

(Words and music by Billy Mayhew, 1936; New verse by Somethin' Smith and the Redheads, 1955)

Notes: The B7 chord can also be replaced with a D#dim chord.

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