Cry Like A Baby

One of my all-time favorites.  -- AWR



Intro:

        Bm [4 bars; electric sitar enters bar 3]

Verse 1:

           D                Em/D  D                Em/D
        A-when I think about the good love you gave me 

           D          Em/D      D          Em/D
        I cry like a baby [3: (cry like a baby)]
         D            Em/D     D           Em/D
        Livin' without you is drivin' me crazy
           D          Em/D      D
        I cry like a baby [3: (cry like a baby)]

        G
          I know now that you're not a plaything
        A                 G [2/4]      D
          Not a toy or a puppet on a string

Break #1:

        F#
        / / / /  / / / /

        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:

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        As I look back on a love so sweet now
        I cry like a baby
        Every road is a lonely street
        I cry like a baby

        I know now that you're not a plaything
        Not a toy or a puppet on a string

Bridge:

        Em
           Today we passed on the street
        Bm      A        G7
           And you just walked on by
        Em
           My heart just fell to my feet
        Bm            A       G7
           And once again I began to cry

Solo:

        (electric sitar):

         D         Em/D    D         Em/D    D               Em/D
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v     v     v     v
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| 
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| 
        -------7---9-----|b10-b10-b11-b11--|b11b11b11b11----r9-----| 
        ---7-9-----------|-----------------|-----------------------| 
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| 
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| 

         D         Em/D    D
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    -----------------|------------------| 
    -----------------|------------------| 
    -7-7-7-7---------|------------------| 
    -----------9-----|-7---7---7-9--s11-| 
    -----------------|-------9----------| 
    -----------------|------------------| 

         F#
         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   D [N.C.]
         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     Em/D        D              Em/D  [continue]
        I know now that you're not a plaything
        I cry like a baby (just like a little bitty baby now)
        As I look back on a love so sweet, now
        I cry like a baby (just like a little bitty baby now)
        Every road is a lonely street
        I cry like a baby (cry like a baby)
        My heart just fell to my feet, you know I
        Cry like a baby (cry like a baby)
        You left the water running, now
        (Cry like a baby)
        I cry like a baby (cry like a baby) [fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers