Cry Like a Baby The Box Tops
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 []
Verse 1:
A-w[D]hen I think about[Em/D] the g[D]ood love you gave[Em/D] me
I c[D]ry like a b[Em/D]aby [3: (c[D]ry like a b[Em/D]aby)]
L[D]ivin' without[Em/D] you is d[D]rivin' me cr[Em/D]azy
I c[D]ry like a b[Em/D]aby [3: (c[D]ry 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] And y[A]ou just w[G7]alked on by
[Em] My heart just fell to my feet
[Bm] And once ag[A]ain I be[G7]gan to cry
Solo:
(electric sitar):
[D]v v v [Em/D] v [D]v v v [Em/D] v [D]v v v [Em/D] v
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -------7---9-----|b10-b10-b11-b11--|b11b11b11b11----r9-----| ---7-9-----------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
[D]v v v [Em/D] v [D]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
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