Chords for Jive Five - My True Story

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Right here, I would like to tell you [Cm] a true story.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ It happened to [Bb] me _ _ [Eb] back in _ [Cm] _ 1960 _ _ [Ab] _ _
when _ [Bb] _ _ I fell in [Eb] love.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ You know, _ _ [Bb]
my best friend married [Eb] my girlfriend. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ I guess you would say [Ab] those are the breaks.
_ _ [Bb] _ Well, you know, it hurt me so bad
[Eb] that I went home _ [Cm] and sat all alone in a lonely [Ab] room.
_ _ [Bb] And upon paper, _ [Eb] _ I began [C] to write these few words.
[Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] And it was I, [Eb] _
it was I who entitled [Cm] it, _ _ _
_ [Ab] My True Story.
_ [Bb] Bow, bow, [Eb] bow, bow.
Cry, _ cry, [Cm] cry.
_ Whoa, [Ab] whoa, _ _ _ [Bb] whoa.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Here is [Eb] a _ _ story [Cm] _
_ that _ [Ab] _ _ _
I must [Bb] tell _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] of two [Cm] _ lovers _
[Ab] _ that I knew [Bb] well.
Now they [Eb] must cry.
Cry.
[Cm] _
_ _ Whoa, whoa, [Ab] whoa. _ _
_ [Bb] Their blues [Eb] ring. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ Her _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] name was Sue.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ His [Bb] name was Earl.
_ [Eb] _ _
His love [Cm] was _ Lorraine.
_ [Ab] _
She's a [Bb] wonderful girl.
But they [Eb] must cry.
Cry.
_ [Cm] _ _
_ Whoa, [Ab] whoa, whoa. _ _ _ _
[Bb] Their blues ring.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Love will make you happy.
_ _ And [Eb] love will make you cry.
_ _ [Ab] _ Love will make the tears fall when [Bb] your lover says goodbye.
_ _ And then [Eb] you cry, cry, _ [Cm]
cry.
Whoa, whoa, [Ab] whoa. _ _ _
[Bb] Your blues [Eb] ring. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Your _ blues [Bb] are way. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Their story [Cm] in jail.
_ [Ab] _ It was no [Bb] lie.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Names have been [Cm] changed to _ [Ab] _ _
protect you [Bb] and I.
But we must [Eb] cry.
Cry.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
Whoa, [Ab] whoa, _ _ whoa.
[Bb] Our blues _ [Eb] ring. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Our blues are [Bb] _ way. _
_ [Eb] _ Cry, _ [Cm] cry, _
_ [Ab] cry.
Our blues are [Bb] way.
Make me cry.
[Eb] Cry, cry, cry.
Baby, baby, _ [Cm] _ baby, [Ab] yeah. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] You know that I [Eb] need you.
Baby, I need you.
[Cm] Baby, baby, yeah.
No more tears.
[Ab] _ No more tears.
_ No more tears.
Let's [Eb] say amen.
No more tears.
[Cm] No more tears. _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] No more tears.
But I [Eb] can't stand all these tears.
I [Cm] don't _ want to [Ab] _ cry.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ To _ [Ab] _ cry.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] You know I _ _ [Cm] don't want _ to [Ab] _ cry.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ You know [Eb]
I _ _ [Cm] don't want _ to [Ab] cry.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] I don't want to [Ab] _ cry. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] I don't want to cry.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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