Cry Like A Baby

Tom: A

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:

        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