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Cross My Heart and Hope To Die – Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Presley
Cross My Heart and Hope To Die
(Wayne/Weisman)
From the soundtrack of “Girl Happy” (1964)
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capo: 1st fret
play: D
key: Eb / D#
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D x-x-0-2-3-x (= D5)
C x-3-x-0-1-x (= C5)
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[Intro]
C | D | D C |
| D | D C |
| D | D C |
[Verse]
D
I can explain about last night
C D
Though things didn't look just right
G7
Please believe me there was nothing wrong
C D
I thought about you baby all night long
A A
Cross my heart
(N.C.)
G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F | D | D C |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm
[Verse]
D
Talk about a piece of rotten luck
C D
You do a friend a favor and you wind up stuck
G7
She couldn't hold a candle to you, no siree
C D
Very hard to handle like a Model T
A A
Cross my heart
(N.C.)
G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F | D | % |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie
[Middle 8]
G
Please believe me when I say
D
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
G
‘Cause I don't have to look too hard
A A A
To see what I've got in my own back yard
(break) (break) (fast triplets: 4x)
[Verse]
D
So please forgive me and-a forget
C D
Don't say my alibi’s all wet (?)
G7
I miss those kisses from your honeycomb
C D
This humble bumble bee just wants to fly back home
A A
Cross my heart
(N.C.)
G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F | D |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie
[Outro]
F D
I wouldn't tell you no lie, no no no no no no
F D
I wouldn't tell you no lie
(fade out)