Don't Cheat in Our Home Town by The Stanley Brothers
LP: The Very Best Of The Stanley Brothers (1947-1961)
Composed by Ray Pennington and Roy E. Marcum
Licensed to YouTube by
The Orchard Music (on behalf of Master Classics Records);
BMG Rights Management (US), LLC, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc.,
Audiam (Publishing), and 5 Music Rights Societies
Released as a 45 on King Records No. 5869
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluP2UTdksY

Standard Tuning
Key: E


[Intro]
     
   


[Verse 1]
             
Tonight my hea

              
rt is beatin' 

              
low and my hea

     
d is bowed
            
You've been se

              
en with my bes

              
t friend on th

              
e other side o

  
f town
             
I don't mind t

              
his waitin', d

              
on't mind this

         
 runnin' aroun

d
             
But if you're 

             
gonna cheat on

            
 me don't chea

              
t in our home 


town


[Verse 2]
             
How can I stan

              
d up to my fri

              
ends and look 

           
'em in the eye
            
Admit the ques

              
tions that I k

              
now would be n

           
othin' but lie

s
             
You spend all 

              
your pastime m

           
akin' me a clo

wn
             
So if you're g

             
onna cheat on 

            
me don't cheat

             
 in our home t

own


[Instrumental]
     
   


[Verse 3]
             
Now there are 

              
no secrets in 

              
this little co

      
untry town
            
Every one know

              
s every one fo

              
r miles and mi

    
les around
             
Your bright ey

              
es and your sw

              
eet smile are 

           
drivin' me ins

ane
             
You think it's

             
 smart to brea

            
k my heart and

             
 run down my n

ame


[Verse 4]
             
How can I stan

              
d up to my fri

              
ends and look 

           
'em in the eye
             
Admit the ques

            
tions that I k

              
now would be n

           
othin' but lie

s
             
You spend all 

              
your pastime m

           
akin' me a clo

wn
             
But if you're 

             
gonna cheat on

            
 me don't chea

              
t in our home 

  
town