BOXTOPS - "cry like a baby" Tablature

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