My True Confession Chords by Brook Benton

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_ [G] _ Dear Mr.
[C] Editor, won't you please [G] print my story in your [D] magazine? _
[G] Warn all the lovers [C] how a cheating heart [G] can only [C] end up in [G] misery. _ _
I was a lying, cheating [Em] fool, treating her so [G] cruel.
Broke her heart and made her [Em] cry, broke every rule.
[G] And that's my true [C] confession, she can read the [G] story in your [D] magazine.
That's my true [G] confession, _ true [C] confession, and I'm sorry.
Sorry that I [G] did it to [C] you.
[G] Oh, sorry [C] that I [G] did it to [D] you. _
[G] I would call her up _ [C] and apologize [G] if I was half the man [D] I should be. _
[G] But I'm afraid [C] it's too late for that, cause I [G] know [C] she would listen [G] to me.
I was a lying, cheating fool, [Em] treating her so cruel.
[G] Broke her heart and made her [Em] cry, broke every rule.
And that's [G] my true [C] confession, she can [G] read the story in your magazine.
[D] That's my true [G] confession, true _ [C] confession, and _ [G] I'm sorry.
[C] Sorry that I did [G] it to you.
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Oh, sorry that I [G] did it to you.
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[Em] _ [D] _ I know her love was [G] true, but I made her cry time after time.
[D] _ Until one day she couldn't take it no more.
[A] She said goodbye to me and [D] walked straight out the door.
[G] I'm so pleased Mr.
Editor [C] asked her for me, [G] to take me back and give me [D] a try. _
[E] [G] And I'll be true, [C] oh so true, and [G] I'll love her [C] till the day I [G] die.
And that's my _ true [C] confession, she buys [G] your magazine.
_ _ _ [D] _ Read the [G] story, it's mine.
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