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Cross My Heart And Hope To Die

(Sid Wayne / Ben Weisman)


Copyright Gladys Music Inc.

Recorded for the film "Girl Happy"


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Soundtrack recording for MGM - Girl Happy - June 10-12 and 15, 1964 - Radio Recorders - Hollywood

 June 11, 7-11:45 pm, 12:45-5:00 am

Studio matrix: 2004-sp - RCA matrix: SPA3 2007 - Piano overdub
Studio matrix: 2004-sp - RCA matrix: SPA3 2007-sp - Splice from take 9 and 11
April 1965 RCA LSP 3338 Girl Happy
Outtakes:
Take 6: July 4, 1999 CD FTD 74321 67677-2 Out In Hollywood
Takes 6, 9 (Incomplete), 10 (fs) and 11: April 26, 2003 CD FTD 82876-50408-2 Girl Happy





I can explain about last night
Though things didn't look just right
Please believe me there was nothing wrong
I thought about you baby all night long
Cross my heart, I hope to die
Well I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm


Talk about a piece of rotten luck
You do a friend a favour and you wind up stuck
She couldn't hold a candle to you, no siree
Very hard to handle like a Model T
Cross my heart, I hope to die
Well I wouldn't tell you no lie


Please believe me when I say
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
From you 'cos I don't have to look too hard
To see what I've got in my own back yard
So please forgive me and forget
Don't say my eye will lies alright ???????
I miss those kisses from your honeycomb
This humble bumble bee just wants to fly back home
Cross my heart, I hope to die
Well I wouldn't tell you no lie


I wouldn't tell you no lie
No no no no no no
I wouldn't tell you no lie 





Standard tuning. 
        Intro: C# Eb     C# Eb

    C#  Eb
        I can explain about last night
    C#  Eb
        Though things didn't look just right
        Ab
        Please believe me there was nothing wrong
    C#  Eb
        I thought about you baby all night long
                      Bb             Ab
        Cross my heart, I hope to die
        G    F#                       Eb
        Wel--l I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm

    C#  Eb
        Talk about a piece of rotten luck
    C#  Eb
        You do a friend a favor and you wind up stuck
        Ab
        She couldn't hold a candle to you, no siree
    C#  Eb
        Very hard to handle like a Model T
                      Bb             Ab
        Cross my heart, I hope to die
        G    F#                       Eb
        Wel--l I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm

        Ab
        Please believe me when I say
      Eb
        Wild horses couldn't drag me away
        Ab
        From you 'cause I don't have to look too hard
           Bb
        To see what I've got in my own back yard
    C#  Eb
        So please forgive me and forget
    C#  Eb
        Don't say my alloy's all wet (?)
          Ab
        I miss those kisses from your honeycomb
    C#  Eb
        This humble bumble bee just wants to fly back home
                      Bb             Ab
        Cross my heart, I hope to die
        G    F#                       Eb
        Wel--l I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm
        F#                       Eb
        I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm
        F#       Eb
        No no no no no no
        F#                       Eb
        I wouldn't tell you no lie, mmm