Your Cheatin' Heart Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays585

Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, C7, F, D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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  			Intro:  play  instrumentally   
C            G7                    C   G7  stop  
Your cheatin' heart will  tell on you  
  
Verse / vocals   
NC                C            C7            F                        
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep;  
	            G7                    C  
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep,  
       G7              C           C7	          F         
But sleep won't come the whole night through.  
                     G7                    C   C7  
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.  
  
Bridge: 
  
C7                                        F     C              
When tears come down like falling rain  
	          D             D7           G7   (stop)           
You'll toss around and call my name.  
NC                    C         C7    F  
You'll walk the floor the way i do.  
	            G7                    C  
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.  
  
  
Instrumental  turnaround : same as intro  


C                  G7           C    G7  stop  
Your cheain' heartwill  tell on you  
  
Verse two / vocals  
  
NC                  C          C7             F  
Your cheatin' heart will pine some day   
                       G7                   C  
And crave the love you threw away.  
        G7        C              C7          F  
The time will come when you'll be blue.  
                     G7                   C            
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.  
  
  
Instrumental : play verse instrumentally below  
  
(repeat first verse and bridge) 
  

  
Tag:   
 C                 G7                    C   
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.  


    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante