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

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

D
D

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Verse 1
Bb
Bb

Life is short,
Bbm
Bbm

short brother,
C
C

Cm
Cm

Bb
Bb

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

F
F

Ain't it the truth?
Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

You've got to grab that rainbow
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

While you've still got your youth
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

C
C

F
F

Bb
Bb

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

C
C

F
F

Bb
Bb

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

F
F

Ain't it the truth?
Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

Dbdim
Dbdim

You got to bite that apple
Ddim
Ddim

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

While you still
got your tooth
Gm
Gm

C
C

Ain't it the mellow
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

truth?
Eb
Eb

C
C

Long as there's wine and gin
Bb
Bb

to drown your troubles in
Bdim
Bdim

Cm
Cm

What's all this talk of sin?
Bdim
Bdim

Cm
Cm

F
F

Rise and shine and fall in line
Bb
Bb

Get that new religion
Cm
Cm

Fsus4
Fsus4

Bb
Bb

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

C
C

F
F

Ain't it the truth?
Bbm
Bbm

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Db
Db

Cause when you're laid horizontal
Eb
Eb

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

In that telephone booth
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

There'll
Gm
Gm

be no breathin' smell
Bb
Bb

F
F

G
G

Gm
Gm

It's only natural
C
C

Cm
Cm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Ain't it the gospel truth?
A#
A#

B
B

Life is short, short,
C#sus4
C#sus4

C#
C#

F#
F#

brother
B
B

And there is no other,
Cdim
Cdim

that's the truth
F#
F#

B
B

C#m
C#m

C#
C#

Ddim
Ddim

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

B
B

E
E

Fdim
Fdim

you are slightly uncouth
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

B
B

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

Fdim
Fdim

Life is a rippin' book,
B
B

man is a fish to cook,
Cdim
Cdim

go on and bait your hook,
C#m
C#m

F#
F#

G
G

D
D

rise and shine and heed that line,
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

C
C

you got to get your passin',
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

C
C

you gotta, gotta get some truth,
Am
Am

while you're
C
C

F
F

C
C

Still in blossom,
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

G
G

ain't that the truth?
C
C

Dm
Dm

D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

And that wet borderlin er,
C
C

F
F

F#dim
F#dim

Cleopatra and Ruth
C
C

Am
Am

Them babies did mighty swell
C
C

Am
Am

They rang that Jezebel
D
D

F
F

C
C

And it forgot to bell too
Am
Am

C
C

D
D

Ebdim
Ebdim

That wet borderliner
C
C

Am
Am

F
F

F#dim
F#dim

Cleopat ra and Ruth
C
C

Am
Am

Them thieves did mighty swell
C
C

Am
Am

They rang that Jezebel
D
D

G
G

C
C

And it's gospel truth
F
F

F#dim
F#dim

Delilah Cleopat
C
C

F
F

ra and Ruth
D
D

F
F

C
C

They got the gun to hold true
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