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Your Cheatin' Heart

(Hank Williams)


Copyright Fred Rose Music Inc.

Original by Hank Williams in 1952


RCA studio session - February 1, 1958 - Radio Recorders - Hollywood

 10 am-7 pm

J2WB 0180-10
July 19, 1965 LP RCA LSP/LPM 3450 Elvis For Everyone
Outtakes:
Take 9: January 1991 CD RCA 2229-2-R Hits Like Never Before Essential Elvis Vol 3
Take 9: 1982 EP RCA UK EP-2 The E.P. Collection Vol. 2 A Special Limited Edition (UK release)
Take 9: October 1979 LP RDA-010-A Elvis Presley's Greatest Hits (8 LP Readers's Digest box)
Take 9: 1998 CD Time Life 07863-69404-2 The Elvis Presley Collection Volume 2 Rock n Roll
Take 9: May 22, 1992 CD 07863 52274-2 Welcome To My World (CD only)
Take 9: October 15, 1996 CD RCA 07863 66880-2 Great Country Songs






Version 1          Version 2          Version 3   

Version 4          Version 5          Version 6   

Version 7          Version 8   


Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you


When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You're gonna walk that floor the way that I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you


When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You're gonna walk that floor just the way that I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you


Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you 



Standard tuning.
       Intro:
    e||--10--10--12--12--10--10--/9---9---9---8--7--------------------------||
    B||--10--10--12--12--10--10--/10--10--10--9--8--/10--8--7------------7--||
    G||---------------------------------------------/11--9--7------7-----7--||
    D||--------------------------------------------------------/9-----9-----||
    A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
       Riff 1: (Played by Scotty Moore)
         D
    e||----------------------------------------------------||
    B||--------10-10-12b---10-10--------10-10-12b---10-10--||
    G||----------------------------------------------------||
    D||--12-12-------------------12-12---------------------||
    A||----------------------------------------------------||
    E||----------------------------------------------------||
         G                                 A
    e||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
    B||------3-3-5b---3-3-----3-3-5b---3-3-----5-5-7b---5-5-----5-5-7b--5-5--||
    G||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
    D||--5-5--------------5-5--------------7-7--------------7-7--------------||
    A||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
    E||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
    b = bend 1/4

                  Riff 1                     <---- Scotty
    (Tacet)       D                   G      <---- Elvis
    Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
                   A              D
    You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
                    D                    G
    But sleep won't come the whole night through
                  A                  D
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
                    G                 D
    When tears come down like falling rain
                E                  A
    You'll toss around and call my name
    (Tacet)                D                    G
    You're gonna walk that floor the way that I do
                  A                  D
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

    When tears come down like falling rain
    You'll toss around and call my name
    You're gonna walk that floor just the way that I do
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
    Solo:
    When tears come down like falling rain
    You'll toss around and call my name
    You're gonna walk that floor just the way that I do
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
                  A                  D
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
                  A                  D
    Your cheatin' heart will tell on you