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The Sound of Crying - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Sound of Crying (1992)
(McAloon)
From: "The Sound of Crying" [Single]
Now on various Greatest Hits collections
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
Cmaj7 0-0-0-2-3-x
Dm7/9 0-1-2-0-x-x
G/A x-3-4-5-0-x
Fmaj7 0-1-2-2-x-1
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO
| Cmaj7 | Dm7/9 | % | % |
| Cmaj7 | Dm7/9 | % | % |
Cmaj7 Dm7/9
Hang out the flags a new world order's on the way
Cmaj7 Dm7/9
Start singing now a song to greet the joyful day
G/A Fmaj7
Just when we thought the time was right for celebrating
Dm7/9
With music of the spheres
Fmaj7
What's this - another boat of fleeing refugees on
Dm7/9
A sea of children's tears
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
Cmaj7 Dm7/9
We're only men and women doing what we can
Cmaj7 Dm7/9
Sometimes I think that God is working to a plan
G/A Fmaj7
Then other times I swear that he is improvising
Dm7/9
Discordant and remote
Fmaj7
Another orphan baby in failed uprising
Dm7/9
Another real bum note
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
Cmaj7 Dm7
And if you're listening up there
Cmaj7 Dm7
You could consider this a prayer
G/A Fmaj7
Well who am I to tell you how to run your business
Dm7/9
Man, you could strike me blind
Fmaj7
What kind of noise we gotta make down here before we
Dm7/9
Destroy your peace of mind
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
[vocals ad lib and fade]
