Cold Cheater's Heart Song Lyrics and Chords by Del McCoury
Cold Cheater's Heart
Recorded by Del McCoury
Written by Mike Reilly
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It's an old familia
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r story of
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a boy and
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a
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And a love that went
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wrong from the
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start
How
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Bobby he loved
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Mary and she
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thought she loved
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him
But she found she had a
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cold
cheater'
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heart
And that
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life out on the farm ain'
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t what she had in mind
When she
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promised to
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honor and
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obey
So she
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took to runnin'
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'ro
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und all o
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ver
town
Ain't it funny ho
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w life turns out tha
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The years have tumbled
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by Bobby
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turned an ol' blin
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d
eye
To the things he
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hoped just weren'
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true
And then
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came that fateful
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day when
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he had been
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away
Oh they say he came
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home just too
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soon
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found them lying there oh it was
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more than he could bear
He found a
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gun she
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cried don't b
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rash
But two
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shots filled the
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air he
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stood right there and
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stared
The deed was done it was
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over in a
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flash
That old judge looked down and
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sighed he said
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Bobby you'll have t
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o
die
The law is clear and it
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must take its
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toll
Think
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on the deed you'v
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e done you
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r race on earth i
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run
And may God have
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mercy on your
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soul
On a
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cold November morn in a
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prison so forlorn
The warden
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prayed as
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did the parson
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too
And the
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crowd gathered
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there they
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heard him loud and
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clear
His final words were
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Mary I love
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you
Repeat #1
FAQ
Who sang the the song Cold Cheater's Heart?
- The song Cold Cheater's Heart was sang by Del McCoury.
Who is Del McCoury?
- Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
