The Cheater Lyrics

The Cheater lyrics

The Cheater

 Bob Kuban & The In-Men

 (John Krenski)

 

 Intro:

 

 [drum fill]

 

 F# D#m B D#m [N.C.]

 / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

 

 Verse 1:

 

 F# G#m7 F# G#m A#m B C#

 Haven't you heard about the guy known as The Cheater / / / /

 F# G#m7

 He'll take your girl and then he'll lie and he'll

 F# G#m A#m B C#

 mistreat her / / / /

 G#m A#m

 It seems every day now

 B C#

 You hear people say now

 

 Chorus:

 

 F#maj7 G#m7 [major 7th implied by vocal harmonies]

 Look out for The Cheater

 F#maj7 G#m7 C#7

 Make way for the fool-hearted clown

 F#maj7 G#m7

 Look out for The Cheater

 F# D#m B D#m [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:

 

 D#m [N.C.] D#m C#

 / / / / / / / /

 (...down)

 

 B Cdim

 That cheater took my baby

 F#

 Away from me

 D#m D#m7/C#

 Yes, and now, I don't mean maybe

 G#7 G#m7 C#7

 I'll get her back, just wait and see

 

 [key change to G]

 

 Am7 D7

 Wait and see

 

 Verse 3:

 

 G Am7 G Am Bm C D

 One of these days he'll find a girl who knows all about him

 G Am7 G Am Bm C D

 She's gonna break his carefree heart and go on without him

 Am Bm

 And you'll hear thereafter

 C D

 Above all the laughter

 

 Chorus 2:

 

 Gmaj7 Am7

 Tough luck for The Cheater

 Gmaj7 Am7 D7

 Too bad for the fool-hearted clown

 Gmaj7 Am7

 Tough break for The Cheater

 G Em C Em Eb

 Who used to build you up just to let you down

 

 [key change to Ab]

 

 [repeat chorus 2, in Ab]:

 

 Abmaj7 Bbm7

 Tough luck for The Cheater

 Abmaj7 Bbm7 Eb7

 Too bad for the fool-hearted clown

 Abmaj7 Bbm7

 Tough break for The Cheater

 Ab Fm Db Fm

 Who used to build you up just to let you down

 

 Coda:

 

 Fm Ab [end cold]

 / / / / / / / / /

 (...down)

 

 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

 

 From the liner notes to the _Look Out For The Cheater_ LP:

 

 There's a big hullabaloo coming from MUSICLAND, U.S.A.! ... and it's

 all coming from BOB KUBAN AND THE IN-MEN, the most exciting musical

 sound to come along in all my eight years as producer and emcee of the

 'St. Louis Hop' television dance show.

 

 BOB KUBAN, leader of this big-band sound, is a young, handsome

 instrumental music instructor at Bishop Du Bourg High School and is Du

 Bourg's first winner of the much coveted _John Philip Sousa Award_!

 

 Here's the inside on the IN-MEN: GREG HOELTZEL, a Washington University

 student, plays the organ; MIKE KRENSKI, St. Louis University student,

 is bass player and composer; brass and reeds are expertly handled by PAT

 HIXON, HARRY SIMON, and SKIP WEISSER, all attending St. Louis Institute

 Of Music; talented KEN SMITH is lead guitarist; and, according to the

 girls, lead vocalist [Sir!] WALTER SCOTT 'sings adorably!' [According

 to one of the back cover photos, Kuban himself played drums - AWR]

 

 This album contains some of the brightest sounds I have heard in this

 new generation. I know you'll appreciate this fresh, long-awaited

 versatile group -- they'll be musical stars for years to come!

 

 Russ Carter Producer/Emcee

 KSD-TV/Channel 5

 

 P.S.: The IN-MEN and their producer, Mel Friedman, asked me to make

 public their gratitude to Al Bussen, skillful sound engineer,

 Technisonic Studios, Inc., St. Louis.

 

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