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: 4 bars; electric sitar enters bar 3 Bm Verse 1: D Em/D D Em/D A-when I think about the good love you gave me D Em/D3: (c[D Em/D I cry like a baby ry like a baby)] D Em/D D Em/D Livin' without you is drivin' me crazy D Em/D3: (c[D I cry like a baby ry like a baby)] G I know now that you're not a plaything 2/4 A G 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 Em/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 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): N.C. G D 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: continue D Em/D D Em/D 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) fade I cry like a baby (cry like a baby) -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers