Cry If You Want chords by The Who

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A5A5    G+G  D MajorD

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Once it was just innocence
 A augmentedA
Brash ideas and insolence
   G+G           D MajorD
But you will never get away
           A augmentedA
With the things you say today
    G+G  D MajorD     A augmentedA   G+G D MajorD
But you cry... if you want

Verse 2:
A augmentedA   A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA   G+G    A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G    A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Don't you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you said
A augmentedA  A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA  G+G  A augmentedA     G+G   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
A augmentedA A augmentedA  A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
No one ever shared your bed
A augmentedA A majorA  G+G   A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Nothing ever filled your head
A augmentedA  A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Except yourself and little Ted
   A augmentedA   A augmentedA   G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD
And scary dreams that you were dead
D MajorD
Don't you want to hide your face
   C majorC
When going through your teenage looks
D MajorD
Read the kind of crap you wrote
   C majorC
About ban the bomb and city crooks
D MajorD
Think about how long it took
  C majorC
To get over that sudden yuk
   D MajorD
When in the mirror you would look
   C majorC
Well now my son you're well in stook

Chorus:
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want

Verse 3:
A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA   G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G    A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Didn't you writhe in anger when you saw the man in his big car
A augmentedA  A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA  G+G  A augmentedA   A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Didn't you drive a banger and a gallon didn't get you far
A augmentedA A majorA   G+G   A augmentedA   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Should have been a famous star
A augmentedA A majorA    G+G   A augmentedA    A augmentedA  D MajorD
But that ain't what you really are
A augmentedA A majorA  G+G  A augmentedA     A augmentedA   D MajorD
You could shout your last hurrah
A augmentedA A majorA   G+G    A augmentedA    A augmentedA   D MajorD
While they are propping up the bar
 D MajorD
Maybe things were better then
  C majorC
Before you led a promised life
 D MajorD
Rash commitments heavy raps
   C majorC
And left-wing spiel all compromised
   D MajorD
You fall in love with other's wives
 C majorC
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
D MajorD
Angry 'cause you lost the prize
  C majorC
Forgot the color of their eyes

Chorus:
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want

Bridge:
A7A7    A7sus4A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7A7    A7sus4A7sus4
Let your past go
A7A7    A7sus4A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7A7    A7sus4A7sus4
Let your past go 2x

Verse 4:
A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA   G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G    A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Don't you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were
A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA   G+G   A augmentedA  A augmentedA  G+G    A augmentedA   A augmentedA  D MajorD
Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn
A augmentedA A majorA     G+G  A augmentedA    A augmentedA  D MajorD
Aren't you glad it's your last term
A augmentedA A majorA  G+G  A augmentedA  A augmentedA  D MajorD
No more acting lowly worm
A augmentedA A majorA  G+G   A augmentedA    A augmentedA  D MajorD
You can make the suckers squirm
A augmentedA A majorA    G+G   A augmentedA    A augmentedA  D MajorD
When you tell 'em how much you earn
 D MajorD
Don't you feel ashamed
  C majorC
at all the bitterness you feel inside
 D MajorD
Does your ego save your face
  C majorC
I had a go, I really tried
 D MajorD
Now you know your leaders lied
     C majorC
Does it stop you acting snide
  D MajorD
or are you still a boy that cried
 C majorC        A augmentedA
Tears now surely long since dried

G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want
A augmentedA
Cry if you want
G+G D MajorD
 Cry if you want

Outro:
A augmentedA  G+G A augmentedA   D MajorD