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

F
F

C
C

E
E

Am
Am

F
F

C
C

Verse 1
C
C

Life is short,
Cm
Cm

short brother,
D
D

Dm
Dm

C
C

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

G
G

Ain't it the truth?
C
C

Dm
Dm

You've got to grab that rainbow
F
F

C
C

F
F

While you've still got your youth
C
C

Am
Am

D
D

G
G

C
C

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

D
D

G
G

C
C

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

G
G

Ain't it the truth?
C
C

Dm
Dm

Ebdim
Ebdim

You got to bite that apple
Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

While you still
got your tooth
Am
Am

D
D

Ain't it the mellow
F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

truth?
F
F

D
D

Long as there's wine and gin
C
C

to drown your troubles in
Dbdim
Dbdim

Dm
Dm

What's all this talk of sin?
Dbdim
Dbdim

Dm
Dm

G
G

Rise and shine and fall in line
C
C

Get that new religion
Dm
Dm

Gsus4
Gsus4

C
C

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

D
D

G
G

Ain't it the truth?
Cm
Cm

F
F

Dm
Dm

Eb
Eb

Cause when you're laid horizontal
F
F

Am
Am

F
F

In that telephone booth
F
F

C
C

There'll
Am
Am

be no breathin' smell
C
C

G
G

A
A

Am
Am

It's only natural
D
D

Dm
Dm

G
G

C
C

F
F

Ain't it the gospel truth?
C
C

Db
Db

Life is short, short,
Ebsus4
Ebsus4

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

brother
Db
Db

And there is no other,
Ddim
Ddim

that's the truth
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ebm
Ebm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

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

Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Gdim
Gdim

you are slightly uncouth
Bbm
Bbm

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

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

Gdim
Gdim

Life is a rippin' book,
Db
Db

man is a fish to cook,
Ddim
Ddim

go on and bait your hook,
Ebm
Ebm

Ab
Ab

A
A

E
E

rise and shine and heed that line,
Bm
Bm

D
D

G
G

D
D

you got to get your passin',
Bm
Bm

E
E

A
A

D
D

you gotta, gotta get some truth,
Bm
Bm

while you're
D
D

G
G

D
D

Still in blossom,
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

A
A

ain't that the truth?
D
D

Em
Em

E
E

Fdim
Fdim

And that wet borderlin er,
D
D

G
G

Abdim
Abdim

Cleopatra and Ruth
D
D

Bm
Bm

Them babies did mighty swell
D
D

Bm
Bm

They rang that Jezebel
E
E

G
G

D
D

And it forgot to bell too
Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

Fdim
Fdim

That wet borderliner
D
D

Bm
Bm

G
G

Abdim
Abdim

Cleopat ra and Ruth
D
D

Bm
Bm

Them thieves did mighty swell
D
D

Bm
Bm

They rang that Jezebel
E
E

A
A

D
D

And it's gospel truth
G
G

Abdim
Abdim

Delilah Cleopat
D
D

G
G

ra and Ruth
E
E

G
G

D
D

They got the gun to hold true
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