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Hank Williams - Your Cheatin’ Heart Chords

Chord reference G7, C, Cmaj7, C7, F, Dm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G7]Your cheatin’ [C]heart, [Cmaj7] [C7]Will make you [F]weep, [Am] [Dm] You’ll cry and [G7]cry, [F] [G7] And try to [C]sleep, [G7] But sleep won’t [C]come, [Cmaj7] [C7]The whole night [F]through, [Am] [Dm] Your cheatin [G7]heart, [F] [G7]will tell on [C]you [C7]

When tears come [F]down, Like falling [C]rain, You’ll toss [D7]around, And call my [G7]name, [F] [G7] You’ll walk the [C]floor, [Cmaj7] [C7]The way I [F]do, [Am] [Dm] Your cheatin’ [G7]heart, [F] [G7]will tell on [C]you [F] [C]

[G7]Your cheatin’ [C]heart, [Cmaj7] [C7]Will pine some [F]day, [Am] [Dm] And rue the [G7]love, [F] [G7] You threw a[C]way, [G7] The time will [C]come, [Cmaj7] [C7]When you’ll be [F]blue, [Am] [Dm] Your cheatin’ [G7]heart, [F] [G7]will tell on [C]you [C7]

When tears come [F]down, Like falling [C]rain, You’ll toss [D7]around, And call my [G7]name, [F] [G7] You’ll walk the [C]floor, [Cmaj7] [C7]The way I [F]do, [Am] [Dm] Your cheatin’[G7]heart, [F] [G7]will tell on [C]you [F] [C] [G7] [C]

Artist Hank Williams
Album Single
Genres Blues, Country
Year 1953
Key G7

How to Play Your Cheatin' Heart on Guitar?

Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart can be played in the key of G7 using the G7, C, Cmaj7, C7, F, Dm chords.

  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Your Cheatin' Heart with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.