Key: Eb major
Intro 1
G
C
G
B
Em
C
G
Verse 1
G
Life is short,
Gm
short brother,
A
Am
G
Ain't it the truth?
And there is no other,
Abdim
D
Ain't it the truth?
G
Am
You've got to grab that rainbow
C
G
C
While you've still got your youth
G
Em
A
D
G
Ain't it the solid truth?
Was a man called Adam
Am
A
D
G
Ain't it the truth?
Said now look here madam
Abdim
D
Ain't it the truth?
G
Am
Bbdim
You got to bite that apple
Bdim
G
C
While you still
got your tooth
Em
A
Ain't it the mellow
C
G
C
G
truth?
C
A
Long as there's wine and gin
G
to drown your troubles in
Abdim
Am
What's all this talk of sin?
Abdim
Am
D
Rise and shine and fall in line
G
Get that new religion
Am
Dsus4
G
Ain't it the truth for
you is dead pigeon?
Am
A
D
Ain't it the truth?
Gm
C
Am
Bb
Cause when you're laid horizontal
C
Em
C
In that telephone booth
C
G
There'll
Em
be no breathin' smell
G
D
E
Em
It's only natural
A
Am
D
G
C
Ain't it the gospel truth?
G
Ab
Life is short, short,
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
brother
Ab
And there is no other,
Adim
that's the truth
Eb
Ab
Bbm
Bb
Bdim
So if you don't love livin',
Abdim
Ab
Db
Ddim
you are slightly uncouth
Fm
Bb
Ab
Oh, ain't it the dignified truth?
Db
Ddim
Life is a rippin' book,
Ab
man is a fish to cook,
Adim
go on and bait your hook,
Bbm
Eb
E
B
rise and shine and heed that line,
F#m
A
D
A
you got to get your passin',
F#m
B
E
A
you gotta, gotta get some truth,
F#m
while you're
A
D
A
Still in blossom,
F#m
Bm
E
ain't that the truth?
A
Bm
B
Cdim
And that wet borderlin er,
A
D
Ebdim
Cleopatra and Ruth
A
F#m
Them babies did mighty swell
A
F#m
They rang that Jezebel
B
D
A
And it forgot to bell too
F#m
A
B
Cdim
That wet borderliner
A
F#m
D
Ebdim
Cleopat ra and Ruth
A
F#m
Them thieves did mighty swell
A
F#m
They rang that Jezebel
B
E
A
And it's gospel truth
D
Ebdim
Delilah Cleopat
A
D
ra and Ruth
B
D
A
They got the gun to hold true
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