How Could You Believe Me chords by Eartha Kitt

C         Am      C      Am     C       Am
How could you believe me when I said I Love You
             D7        Am7    D7   Am7     D7
When you know I've been a liar all my life
     G7      Gdim  G7        Gdim      G7
I've had that reputation since I was a youth
     C         C/B    Am7      Am7/G    D7   Dm7       G7
You must have been insane to think I'd ever tell the truth
C         Am      C       Am     C        Am
How could you believe me when I said we'd marry
          D7        Am7    D7           Am7     D7
When you know I'd rather die than that have a wife
C              Bm5-/7          E7
I know I said, "I'll make you mine"
      Am        Am7+      Am7      Am6      Em  B7   G7
But who would know that you would go for that old line
C         Am      C      Am     D7
How could you believe me when I said "I Love You"
          C         Am    C       Fm                D7
When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar
          C   Am  Dm7    G7   C
All my good for nothin' life

Bridge
           F        C7         F                 C7       F                                 Bb             Bbm
Girl:  You said I'd have ev'rything, a beautiful diamond ring, a bungalow by the sea
             F               D7                                   Gm7             C7          F
Boy:  You're really naïve to ever believe a full-of-baloney phoney like me
            C    Am      C        Am      C  Am
Girl: Say, how about the time you went to Indiana
           D7    Am7     D7    Am7  D7
Boy: I was lyin', I was down in Alabam
           G7      Gdim     G7          Gdim        G7
Girl: You said you had some bus'ness you had to complete
          C    C/B   Am7     Am7/G D7        G7
Boy: What I was doin' I would be a cad to repeat
      C     Am      C        Am       C          Am
Girl: How about the evenings you were with your mother
           D7       Am7  D7     Am7    D7
Boy: I was rompin' with another honey lamb
      C                  Bm5-/7          E7
Girl: To think, you swore our love was real
         Am    Am7+    Am7    Am6      Em B7  G7
Boy: But, Baby, let us not forget that I'm a heel
C         Am      C      Am      D7
How could you believe me when I said I love you
C         Am    C       Fm                D7
When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar
             C   Am  Dm7    G7   C
All my good for nothin' life
           C        Am      C      Am     C         Am
Girl: And how could you believe me when I said, "I love you"
          D7        Am7    D7  Am7     D7
When you know I've been a liar all my life
         G7     Gdim  G7        Gdim      G7
I've had that reputation since I was a youth
     C         C/B   Am7     Am7/G     D7   Dm7       G7
You must have been insane to think I'd ever tell the truth
     C        Am     C        Am     C        Am
And how could you believe me when I said we'd marry
           D7        Am7    D7       Am7   D7
When you know I'd rather hang than be a wife
C              Bm5-/7          E7
I know I said, "I'll make you mine"
      Am      Am7+      Am7       Am6       Em   B7   G7
But, honey, you're so young, and that's an old, old line
C         Am      C      Am     D7
How could you believe me when I said "I Love You"
C         Am    C       Fm                D7
When you know I've been a liar, a good for nothing liar
        C   Am  Dm7    G7   C
All my good for nothin' life