Key: Eb major
Intro 1
B
E
B
D#
G#m
E
B
Verse 1
B
Life is short,
Bm
short brother,
C#
C#m
B
Ain't it the truth?
And there is no other,
Cdim
F#
Ain't it the truth?
B
C#m
You've got to grab that rainbow
E
B
E
While you've still got your youth
B
G#m
C#
F#
B
Ain't it the solid truth?
Was a man called Adam
C#m
C#
F#
B
Ain't it the truth?
Said now look here madam
Cdim
F#
Ain't it the truth?
B
C#m
Ddim
You got to bite that apple
D#dim
B
E
While you still
got your tooth
G#m
C#
Ain't it the mellow
E
B
E
B
truth?
E
C#
Long as there's wine and gin
B
to drown your troubles in
Cdim
C#m
What's all this talk of sin?
Cdim
C#m
F#
Rise and shine and fall in line
B
Get that new religion
C#m
F#sus4
B
Ain't it the truth for
you is dead pigeon?
C#m
C#
F#
Ain't it the truth?
Bm
E
C#m
D
Cause when you're laid horizontal
E
G#m
E
In that telephone booth
E
B
There'll
G#m
be no breathin' smell
B
F#
G#
G#m
It's only natural
C#
C#m
F#
B
E
Ain't it the gos pel truth?
B
C
Life is short, short,
Dsus4
D
G
brother
C
And there is no other,
Dbdim
that's the truth
G
C
Dm
D
Ebdim
So if you don't love livin',
Cdim
C
F
F#dim
you are slightly uncouth
Am
D
C
Oh, ain't it the dignified truth?
F
F#dim
Life is a rippin' book,
C
man is a fish to cook,
Dbdim
go on and bait your hook,
Dm
G
Ab
Eb
rise and shine and heed that line,
Bbm
Db
Gb
Db
you got to get your passin',
Bbm
Eb
Ab
Db
you gotta, gotta get some truth,
Bbm
while you're
Db
Gb
Db
Still in blossom,
Bbm
Ebm
Ab
ain't that the truth?
Db
Ebm
Eb
Edim
And that wet borderlin er,
Db
Gb
Gdim
Cleopatra and Ruth
Db
Bbm
Them babies did mighty swell
Db
Bbm
They rang that Jezebel
Eb
Gb
Db
And it forgot to bell too
Bbm
Db
Eb
Edim
That wet bor derliner
Db
Bbm
Gb
Gdim
Cleopat ra and Ruth
Db
Bbm
Them thieves did mighty swell
Db
Bbm
They rang that Jezebel
Eb
Ab
Db
And it's gospel truth
Gb
Gdim
Delilah Cleopat
Db
Gb
ra and Ruth
Eb
Gb
Db
They got the gun to hold true
Outro 1
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