C Am C Am C Am How could you believe me when I said I Love You D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 When you know I've been a liar all my life G7 Gdim G7 Gdim G7 I've had that reputation since I was a youth C C/B Am7 Am7/G D7 Dm7 G7 You must have been insane to think I'd ever tell the truth C Am C Am C Am How could you believe me when I said we'd marry D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 When you know I'd rather die than that have a wife C Bm5-/7 E7 I know I said, "I'll make you mine" Am Am7+ Am7 Am6 Em B7 G7 But who would know that you would go for that old line C Am C Am D7 How could you believe me when I said "I Love You" C Am C Fm D7 When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar C Am Dm7 G7 C All my good for nothin' life
Bridge F C7 F C7 F Bb Bbm Girl: You said I'd have ev'rything, a beautiful diamond ring, a bungalow by the sea F D7 Gm7 C7 F Boy: You're really naïve to ever believe a full-of-baloney phoney like me C Am C Am C Am Girl: Say, how about the time you went to Indiana D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 Boy: I was lyin', I was down in Alabam G7 Gdim G7 Gdim G7 Girl: You said you had some bus'ness you had to complete C C/B Am7 Am7/G D7 G7 Boy: What I was doin' I would be a cad to repeat C Am C Am C Am Girl: How about the evenings you were with your mother D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 Boy: I was rompin' with another honey lamb C Bm5-/7 E7 Girl: To think, you swore our love was real Am Am7+ Am7 Am6 Em B7 G7 Boy: But, Baby, let us not forget that I'm a heel C Am C Am D7 How could you believe me when I said I love you C Am C Fm D7 When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar C Am Dm7 G7 C All my good for nothin' life C Am C Am C Am Girl: And how could you believe me when I said, "I love you" D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 When you know I've been a liar all my life G7 Gdim G7 Gdim G7 I've had that reputation since I was a youth C C/B Am7 Am7/G D7 Dm7 G7 You must have been insane to think I'd ever tell the truth C Am C Am C Am And how could you believe me when I said we'd marry D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 When you know I'd rather hang than be a wife C Bm5-/7 E7 I know I said, "I'll make you mine" Am Am7+ Am7 Am6 Em B7 G7 But, honey, you're so young, and that's an old, old line C Am C Am D7 How could you believe me when I said "I Love You" C Am C Fm D7 When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar C Am Dm7 G7 C All my good for nothin' life