#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# The Box Tops' second-biggest hit, this peaked at #2 in the spring of '68. One of my all-time favorites. -- AWR "Cry Like ABaby" (x02220@1) (Dan Penn - Spooner Oldham) Intro: Bm[4 (x24432@1)bars; electric sitar enters bar 3] Verse 1: D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1)D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1)A-when I think about the good love you gave me D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1)I cry like ababy (x02210@1)[3: (cry like ababy)] (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1)Livin' without you is drivin' me crazy D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1)I cry like ababy (x02210@1)[3: (cry like ababy)] (x02210@1) G (320003@1) I know now that you're not aplaything (x02210@1) A (x02220@1) G[2/4] (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Not atoy (x02210@1)or apuppet (x02210@1)on astring (x02210@1) Break #1: F# (244322@1)/ / / / / / / / bass: (D) v v v v v v v v -------7-6-4-----|-----------------| ---4-7-------7-5-|-454-------------| -5---------------|-----7-4-5-----4-| -----------------|-----------557---| Verse 2: As I look back on alove (x02210@1)so sweet now I cry like ababy (x02210@1) Every road is alonely (x02210@1)street I cry like ababy (x02210@1) I know now that you're not aplaything (x02210@1) Not atoy (x02210@1)or apuppet (x02210@1)on astring (x02210@1) Bridge: Em (022000@1) Today we passed on the street Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G7 (320001@1) And you just walked on by Em (022000@1) My heart just fell to my feet Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G7 (320001@1) And once again I began to cry Solo: (electric sitar): D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) v v v v v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -------7---9-----|b10-b10-b11-b11--|b11b11b11b11----r9-----| ---7-9-----------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) v v v v v v v v -----------------|------------------| -----------------|------------------| -7-7-7-7---------|------------------| -----------9-----|-7---7---7-9--s11-| -----------------|-------9----------| -----------------|------------------| F# (244322@1) v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----11--11--11--|9h11-h11-h11-h11-| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| [repeat first four lines of verse 1, w/background vocals] Break #2: (bass; chords implied by horns): G (320003@1) D[N.C.] (xx0232@1) v v v v v v v v -------7-6-4-----|-----------------| -5--5--------7-4-|-775-4-----------| -----5-----------|-------7-5-----4-| -----------------|-----------5-7---| v v v v v v v v -----------7-6-4-|-----------------| -----4-5-7-------|-7-4-775-4-------| -5-7-------------|-----------5---5-| -----------------|-------------7---| (organ arr. for guitar, bars 3 and 4): v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------| -7-----------5---|-3-----3---------| -----------------|-----------------| -7-----------5---|-4-----4---------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| Coda: D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1) D (xx0232@1) Em/D (010000@1)[continue] I know now that you're not aplaything (x02210@1) I cry like ababy (x02210@1)(just like alittle (x02210@1)bitty baby now) As I look back on alove (x02210@1)so sweet, now I cry like ababy (x02210@1)(just like alittle (x02210@1)bitty baby now) Every road is alonely (x02210@1)street I cry like ababy (x02210@1)(cry like ababy) (x02210@1) My heart just fell to my feet, you know I Cry like ababy (x02210@1)(cry like ababy) (x02210@1) You left the water running, now (Cry like ababy) (x02210@1) I cry like ababy (x02210@1)(cry like ababy) (x02210@1)[fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers