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          Cross My Heart and Hope To Die – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Wayne/Weisman
From the soundtrack of “Girl Happy” (1964)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 1st fret
play: D
key:  Eb/ D#  
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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
D     x-x-0-2-3-x  (= D5)
C     x-3-x-0-1-x  (= C5)
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[Intro]
  C|  D|      D   C|
   |  D|      D   C|
   |  D|      D   C|
[Verse]
DI can explain about last night
  C  DThough things didn't look just right
G7Please believe me there was nothing wrong
 CI Dthought about you baby all night long
 Cross my heartA  A  
(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]
DTalk about a piece of rotten luck
  CYou Ddo a friend a favor and you wind up stuck
She G7couldn't hold a candle to you, no siree
  C  DVery hard to handle like a Model T
 Cross my heartA  A  
(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]
 GPlease believe me when I say
 DWild horses couldn't drag me away
  G‘Cause I don't have to look too hard
To Asee what I've Agot in my Aown back yard
 (break)      (break)    (fast triplets: 4x)
[Verse]
So Dplease forgive me and-a forget
  C  DDon't say my alibi’s all wet (?)
I G7miss those kisses from your honeycomb
 CThis Dhumble bumble bee just wants to fly back home
 Cross my heartA  A  
(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]
 FI wouldn't tell you no Dlie, no no no no no no
 FI wouldn't tell you no Dlie
(fade out)

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Cross My Heart And Hope To Die

by Elvis Presley

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Cross My Heart and Hope To Die – Elvis Presley

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Written by: Wayne/Weisman

From the soundtrack of “Girl Happy” (1964)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

capo: 1st fret

play: D

Eb D#

key: /

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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]

I can explain about last night

C D

Though things didn't look just right

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]

Talk about a piece of rotten luck

C D

You do a friend a favor and you wind up stuck

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]

Please believe me when I say

Wild horses couldn't drag me away

‘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]

So please forgive me and-a forget

C D

Don't say my alibi’s all wet (?)

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)

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