Elvis Presley – Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 1
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Chords

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Wayne/Weisman From the soundtrack of “Girl Happy” (1964) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: D key: Eb / D# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
D     x-x-0-2-3-x  (= D5)
C     x-3-x-0-1-x  (= C5)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] C | D | D C | | D | D C | | D | D C | [Verse]
D
I can explain about last night

C D
  Though things didn't look just right

G7
Please believe me there was nothing wrong

C  D
 I thought about you baby all night long

                  A A
 Cross my heart
(N.C.)
               G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F                         |  D  | D     C |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie,  mmm
[Verse]
D
Talk about a piece of rotten luck

C     D
  You do a friend a favor and you wind up stuck

    G7
She couldn't hold a candle to you, no siree

C D
  Very hard to handle like a Model T

                  A A
 Cross my heart
(N.C.)
               G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F                         |  D  |  %  |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie
[Middle 8]
G
 Please believe me when I say

D
 Wild horses couldn't drag me away

G
  ‘Cause I don't have to look too hard

   A             A         A
To see what I've got in my own back yard
(break) (break) (fast triplets: 4x) [Verse]
   D
So please forgive me and-a forget

C D
  Don't say my alibi’s all wet (?)

  G7
I miss those kisses from your honeycomb

C     D
 This humble bumble bee just wants to fly back home

                  A A
 Cross my heart
(N.C.)
               G G [ F# F ]
I hope to die
(N.C.)
F# F                         |  D  |
We-ell I wouldn't tell you no lie
[Outro]
F                       D
 I wouldn't tell you no lie, no no no no no no

F                       D
 I wouldn't tell you no lie
(fade out)