Chord/Tab song: Cry Like a Baby

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:

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