[Verse 1]
Cm            Fm            Bb
  When I look back upon my life
              Eb                 Ab
  It's always with a sense of shame
              Fm              G
  I've always been the one to blame
Cm         Fm *             Bb
  For everything I long to do
            Eb                 Ab
  No matter when or where or who
          Fm               G
  Has one thing in common, too


[Chorus]
G                                  Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
  It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
     Bb     Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
It's a sin
Fm
Everything I've ever done
G *
Everything I ever do
Fm
Every place I've ever been
G *
Everywhere I'm going to ,It's a sin


[Verse 2]
Cm               Fm               Bb
  At school they taught me how to be
             Eb                      Ab
  So pure in thought and word and deed
              Fm        G
  They didn't quite succeed
Cm          Fm *             Bb
  For everything I long to do
            Eb                 Ab
  No matter when or where or who
          Fm               G
  Has one thing in common, too


[Chorus]
G                                  Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
  It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
     Bb     Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
It's a sin
Fm
Everything I've ever done
G
Everything I ever do
Fm
Every place I've ever been
G
Everywhere I'm going to ,It's a sin


[Bridge]
Cm                   Ebm
  Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Gm                       Cm               Bb6
  Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Cm                       Ebm *
  Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Gm                                Ab
  Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
        Bb                   G
  And I still don't understand


[Verse 3]
Cm          Fm             Bb
  So I look back upon my life
          Eb                  Ab
  Forever with a sense of shame
              Fm               G
  I've always been the one to blame
Cm          Fm              Bb
  For everything I long to do
            Eb                 Ab
  No matter when or where or who
          Fm               G
  Has one thing in common, too


[Chorus]
G                                  Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
  It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
     Bb     Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
It's a sin
Fm
Everything I've ever done
G *
Everything I ever do
Fm
Every place I've ever been
G *
Everywhere I'm going to ,It's a sin


[Outro]
Cm   Fm    Bb    Eb    Ab    Fm    G

G                                  Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab
  It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
       Bb     Cm Cm Cm Cm Ab  Fm
  It's a sin