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The Box Tops' second-biggest hit, this peaked at #2 in the spring of '68.
One of my all-time favorites. -- AWR
"Cry Like A Baby"
(Dan Penn - Spooner Oldham)
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:
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
