Ain't It De Truth chords by
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
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Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
D

G
G

D
D

F#
F#

Bm
Bm

G
G

D
D

Verse 1
D
D

Life is short,
Dm
Dm

short brother,
E
E

Em
Em

D
D

Ain't it the truth?
And there is no other,
Ebdim
Ebdim

A
A

Ain't it the truth?
D
D

Em
Em

You've got to grab that rainbow
G
G

D
D

G
G

While you've still got your youth
D
D

Bm
Bm

E
E

A
A

D
D

Ain't it the solid truth?
Was a man called Adam
Em
Em

E
E

A
A

D
D

Ain't it the truth?
Said now look here madam
Ebdim
Ebdim

A
A

Ain't it the truth?
D
D

Em
Em

Fdim
Fdim

You got to bite that apple
F#dim
F#dim

D
D

G
G

While you still
got your tooth
Bm
Bm

E
E

Ain't it the mellow
G
G

D
D

G
G

D
D

truth?
G
G

E
E

Long as there's wine and gin
D
D

to drown your troubles in
Ebdim
Ebdim

Em
Em

What's all this talk of sin?
Ebdim
Ebdim

Em
Em

A
A

Rise and shine and fall in line
D
D

Get that new religion
Em
Em

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

Ain't it the truth for
you is dead pigeon?
Em
Em

E
E

A
A

Ain't it the truth?
Dm
Dm

G
G

Em
Em

F
F

Cause when you're laid horizontal
G
G

Bm
Bm

G
G

In that telephone booth
G
G

D
D

There'll
Bm
Bm

be no breathin' smell
D
D

A
A

B
B

Bm
Bm

It's only natural
E
E

Em
Em

A
A

D
D

G
G

Ain't it the gospel truth?
D
D

Eb
Eb

Life is short, short,
Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

Bb
Bb

brother
Eb
Eb

And there is no other,
Edim
Edim

that's the truth
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

F
F

Gbdim
Gbdim

So if you don't love livin',
Ebdim
Ebdim

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Adim
Adim

you are slightly uncouth
Cm
Cm

F
F

Eb
Eb

Oh, ain't it the dignified truth?
Ab
Ab

Adim
Adim

Life is a rippin' book,
Eb
Eb

man is a fish to cook,
Edim
Edim

go on and bait your hook,
Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

B
B

F#
F#

rise and shine and heed that line,
C#m
C#m

E
E

A
A

E
E

you got to get your passin',
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

you gotta, gotta get some truth,
C#m
C#m

while you're
E
E

A
A

E
E

Still in blossom,
C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

B
B

ain't that the truth?
E
E

F#m
F#m

F#
F#

Gdim
Gdim

And that wet borderlin er,
E
E

A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

Cleopatra and Ruth
E
E

C#m
C#m

Them babies did mighty swell
E
E

C#m
C#m

They rang that Jezebel
F#
F#

A
A

E
E

And it forgot to bell too
C#m
C#m

E
E

F#
F#

Gdim
Gdim

That wet borderliner
E
E

C#m
C#m

A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

Cleopat ra and Ruth
E
E

C#m
C#m

Them thieves did mighty swell
E
E

C#m
C#m

They rang that Jezebel
F#
F#

B
B

E
E

And it's gospel truth
A
A

Bbdim
Bbdim

Delilah Cleopat
E
E

A
A

ra and Ruth
F#
F#

A
A

E
E

They got the gun to hold true
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