Intro
[drum fill]
D# Cm G# Cm [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
D# Fm7 D# Fm Gm G# A#
Haven't you heard about the guy known as The Cheater / / / /
D# Fm7
He'll take your girl and then he'll lie and he'll
D# Fm Gm G# A#
mistreat her / / / /
Fm Gm
It seems every day now
G# A#
You hear people say now
Chorus:
D#maj7 Fm7 [major 7th implied by vocal harmonies]
Look out for The Cheater
D#maj7 Fm7 A#7
Make way for the fool-hearted clown
D#maj7 Fm7
Look out for The Cheater
D# Cm G# Cm [N.C.]
He's gonna build you up just to let you down
Verse 2:
All of you girls had better stay inside your door now
He'll hurt you once, then turn around and hurt you some more now
While he's out betrayin'
You'll hear people sayin'
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
Cm [N.C.] Cm A#
/ / / / / / / /
(...down)
G# Cdim
That cheater took my baby
D#
Away from me
Cm Cm7/A#
Yes, and now, I don't mean maybe
F7 Fm7 A#7
I'll get her back, just wait and see
[key change to G]
F#m7 B7
Wait and see
Verse 3:
E F#m7 E F#m G#m A B
One of these days he'll find a girl who knows all about him
E F#m7 E F#m G#m A B
She's gonna break his carefree heart and go on without him
F#m G#m
And you'll hear thereafter
A B
Above all the laughter
Chorus 2:
Emaj7 F#m7
Tough luck for The Cheater
Emaj7 F#m7 B7
Too bad for the fool-hearted clown
Emaj7 F#m7
Tough break for The Cheater
E C#m A C#m C
Who used to build you up just to let you down
[key change to Ab]
[repeat chorus 2, in Ab]:
Fmaj7 Gm7
Tough luck for The Cheater
Fmaj7 Gm7 C7
Too bad for the fool-hearted clown
Fmaj7 Gm7
Tough break for The Cheater
F Dm A# Dm
Who used to build you up just to let you down
Coda:
Dm F [end cold]
/ / / / / / / / /
(...down)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers