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

C
C

G
G

B
B

Em
Em

C
C

G
G

Verse 1
G
G

Life is short,
Gm
Gm

short brother,
A
A

Am
Am

G
G

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

D
D

Ain't it the truth?
G
G

Am
Am

You've got to grab that rainbow
C
C

G
G

C
C

While you've still got your youth
G
G

Em
Em

A
A

D
D

G
G

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

A
A

D
D

G
G

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

D
D

Ain't it the truth?
G
G

Am
Am

Bbdim
Bbdim

You got to bite that apple
Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

While you still
got your tooth
Em
Em

A
A

Ain't it the mellow
C
C

G
G

C
C

G
G

truth?
C
C

A
A

Long as there's wine and gin
G
G

to drown your troubles in
Abdim
Abdim

Am
Am

What's all this talk of sin?
Abdim
Abdim

Am
Am

D
D

Rise and shine and fall in line
G
G

Get that new religion
Am
Am

Dsus4
Dsus4

G
G

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

A
A

D
D

Ain't it the truth?
Gm
Gm

C
C

Am
Am

Bb
Bb

Cause when you're laid horizontal
C
C

Em
Em

C
C

In that telephone booth
C
C

G
G

There'll
Em
Em

be no breathin' smell
G
G

D
D

E
E

Em
Em

It's only natural
A
A

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

C
C

Ain't it the gospel truth?
G
G

Ab
Ab

Life is short, short,
Bbsus4
Bbsus4

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

brother
Ab
Ab

And there is no other,
Adim
Adim

that's the truth
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Bbm
Bbm

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

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

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ddim
Ddim

you are slightly uncouth
Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

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

Ddim
Ddim

Life is a rippin' book,
Ab
Ab

man is a fish to cook,
Adim
Adim

go on and bait your hook,
Bbm
Bbm

Eb
Eb

E
E

B
B

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

A
A

D
D

A
A

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

B
B

E
E

A
A

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

while you're
A
A

D
D

A
A

Still in blossom,
F#m
F#m

Bm
Bm

E
E

ain't that the truth?
A
A

Bm
Bm

B
B

Cdim
Cdim

And that wet borderlin er,
A
A

D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

Cleopatra and Ruth
A
A

F#m
F#m

Them babies did mighty swell
A
A

F#m
F#m

They rang that Jezebel
B
B

D
D

A
A

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

A
A

B
B

Cdim
Cdim

That wet borderliner
A
A

F#m
F#m

D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

Cleopat ra and Ruth
A
A

F#m
F#m

Them thieves did mighty swell
A
A

F#m
F#m

They rang that Jezebel
B
B

E
E

A
A

And it's gospel truth
D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

Delilah Cleopat
A
A

D
D

ra and Ruth
B
B

D
D

A
A

They got the gun to hold true
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