Bob Kuban - 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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