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