You say
your (C#7)ev ’ry day
is a (F#m)bad dream
that keeps re peat (A)in’,
may be you should have thought a bout
(E)that
when you were (A)cheat in’.
How (A)do you like that (Bm7)furn ished room, the (A)bed, the chair, the ta ble?
The (Bm7)T V pic ture comes and goes, It’s too (A)bad you don’t have ca ble.
How do you like that pa per plate
and and those pork and beans you’re eat in’?
May (Bm7)be you should have thought a bout (E)that
when you were cheat in’.
How (A)do you like that (Bm7)beat up car?
I (A)think it’s fair we trad ed.
Your (Bm7)pick up truck is run nin’ fine.
It’s a (A)coz y ride for dat in’.
Yes I’ve been out a time or two
and found the com fort I been need in’.
May (Bm7)be you should have thought a bout (E)that
when you were cheat in’.
How (E)that
when you were cheat in’.
You made your (D)bed, and you’re (E)out of mine.
You lie a (F#m7)wake, and I (E)sleep just fine.
You’ve done your sow in’, now (E)you can do the reap in’.
May (Bm)be you should have thought a bout (E)that
when you were (D)cheat in’.
Now, (A)what be came of (Bm7)“what’s her name” af ter (A)she spent all your mon ey?
Did she (A)leave you just like (Bm7)you left me?
Well, (A)some times life is fun ny.
Yes, I’ll be glad to take you back
just as soon as I stop (A)breath in’.
May (Bm7)be you should have thought a bout (E)that,
oh, may be you should have (E)thought a bout that,
may (Bm7)be you should have thought a bout (Esus)that
when you were cheat in’.
When you were (A)cheat in’.
This page shows “Cheatin'” by Sara Evans in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 90 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.