Little White Lies

By Walter Donaldson
Ella Fitzgerald
Key: G

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The moon was all a-glow
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and hea-ven was in your eyes
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The night that you told me
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those lit-tle white lies
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The stars all seemed to know,
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that you did-n’t mean all those sighs
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The night that you told me,
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those lit-tle white lies
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I try but there’s no for-get-ting
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when eve-ning ap-pears
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I sigh but there’s no re-gret-ting
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in spite of my tears

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The Dev-il was in your heart,
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but hea-ven was in your eyes
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The night that you told me
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those lit-tle white lies!
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I try but there’s no for-get-ting
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when eve-ning ap-pears
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I sigh but there’s no re-gret-ting
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in spite of my tears

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Who would-n’t be-lieve those lips,
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who ev-er could doubt those eyes?
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The night that you told me
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those lit-tle white lies