Cry If You Want chords by The Who

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A5        G    D

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

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

Chorus:
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want

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

Chorus:
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want

Bridge:
A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go
A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go  2x

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

G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
  Cry if you want

Outro:
A   G  A     D