Your Cheatin’ Heart Sung by Hank Williams:

Head Voice & Chest Voice 50’s Style

For this series, we’ll be looking at hearing chest voice and head voice throughout songs from each era, and then throughout different genres. For our example song, we’ll take “Your Cheatin’ Heart” sung by Hank Williams and listen for the differences as he moves between chest voice and head voice.

Below I will put the words that he sung clearly in chest voice in bold font, and head voice underlined. I will only point out when he is singing the most noticeably in chest voice and head voice so it is the easiest to hear.

“Your Cheatin’ Heart”

Your cheatin’ heart

Will make you weep

You’ll cry and cry

And try-y to sleep

But sleep won’t co–ome

The whole night through

Your cheatin’ heart will tell on yo–ou…

When tears come down

Like falling ra–ain

You’ll toss around

And call my name

You’ll walk the floor

The way I do

Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you…