Tom: Gm
Gm 3x533x
Eb/G 3x433x
Gm6 3x233x
Em7 x79787
D9 5x4555
D7 5x453x
Daug x5433x
Dm7 x57565
Dm x57765
Dm(maj7)x57665
Dbm7 x46454
Cm7 8x888x (use at the end of verse)
C9 3x2333
Cm7 x35343
F7 8x786x
Bbmaj7 6x776x
Abdim 4x343x
Adim 5x454x
Aaug x8766x
(Riff played over the first line of each verse)
Gm Eb/G Gm7 Gm6
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3--------------4--------------5--------------4--|
G|-----------3--------------3--------------3--------------3-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5-----------|
E|--------3--------------3--------------3--------------3--------|
(triplets throughout)
[Intro]
Gm Eb/G Gm6 Eb/G
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3--------------4-----------5--5--5--------------4--|
G|-----------3--------------3--------------3--3--3-----------3-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5--------------4--5-----------|
E|--------3--------------3--------------3-----------------3--------|
(repeat 3 times)
[Verse 1]
Gm Eb/G Gm6 Gm7
Now you say you're lonely
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7
You cry the long night through
Dm7 G7 Abdim Em7
Well, you can cry me a river
C7
Cry me a river
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Am7 D7
I cried a river over you
[Verse 2]
Gm Eb/G Gm7 Gm6
Now you say you're sorry
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7
For being so untrue
Dm7 G7 Abdim Em7
Well, you can cry me a river
C7
Cry me a river
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Adim
I cried I cried I cried a river over you
[Chorus]
Dm Dm(maj7) C9 A7
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
Dm Dm(maj7) A7 F9 Adim
While you never shed a tear
Dm Dm(maj7) Bb6 A7 Aaug
Remember, I remember, all that you said
Dmaj7 Em7 F#m7 Dmaj7
Told me love was too plebeian
Am7 D9 D7 Adim
Told me you were through with me and
[Verse 3]
Gm Eb/G Gm7 Gm6
Now, now you say you say you love me
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7
Well, just to prove you do
Am7 Adim Dm7 Bdim Em7
Come on and cry me a river
C9 C7
Cry me a river
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Adim
I cried a river over you
[Chorus]
Dm Dm(maj7) C9 A7
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
Dm Dm(maj7) A7 F9 Adim
While you never shed a tear
Dm Dm(maj7) Bb6 A7 Aaug
Remember, I remember, all that you said
Dmaj7 Em7 F#m7 Dmaj7
Told me love was too plebeian
Am7 D9 D7 Adim
Told me you were through with me and
[Verse 4]
Gm Eb/G Gm7 Gm6
Now, now now you say you say you love me
Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7
Well, just to prove you do
Am7 Adim Dm7 Bdim Em7
Come on and cry cry cry me a river
C9 C7
Cry me a river
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Adim
‘cause I cried a river over you
[Outro]
Cm7 Eb Gm6
If my pillow talk, imagine what it would have said
Gm A7 Ab6 Abmaj7
Could it be a river of tears I cried in bed?
Cm7
So you can cry me a river
Eb Dbdim
Daddy, go ahead and cry that river
C7 Cm7 Daug Eb Em F Eb Gbmaj7
Cause I cried, how I cried a river over you
Bb7
How I cried a river over you