Ella Fitzgerald – Cry Me A River (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chords] Gm 3x533x Eb/G 3x433x Gm6 3x233x Em7 x79787 D9 5x4555 D7 5x453x Daug x5433x Dm7 x57565
Dm      x57765
Dm(maj7)x57665

Dbm7    x46454
Cm7     8x888x (use at the end of verse)
C9 3x2333 Cm7 x35343 F7 8x786x Bbmaj7 6x776x Abdim 4x343x Adim 5x454x Aaug x8766x
(Riff played over the first line of each verse)
    Gm                   Eb/G          Gm7              Gm6
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3--------------4--------------5--------------4--|
G|-----------3--------------3--------------3--------------3-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5-----------|
E|--------3--------------3--------------3--------------3--------|
(triplets throughout)

[Intro]
    Gm                Eb/G             Gm6              Eb/G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3--------------4-----------5--5--5--------------4--|
G|-----------3--------------3--------------3--3--3-----------3-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5-----------4--5-----------4--5--------------4--5-----------|
E|--------3--------------3--------------3-----------------3--------|
(repeat 3 times)
[Verse 1]
Gm   Eb/G     Gm6     Gm7   
Now  you say you're  lonely

Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7         F7          Bbmaj7     
         You cry the long night through

Dm7      G7             Abdim     Em7
   Well, you can cry me a river

C7
   Cry me a river

Cm7          F7           Bbmaj7    Am7   D7
   I cried a river  over  you
[Verse 2]
Gm   Eb/G   Gm7       Gm6 
Now  you say you're  sorry

Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7         F7          Bbmaj7     
          For being   so  untrue

Dm7      G7             Abdim     Em7
   Well, you can cry me a river

C7
   Cry me a river

Cm7                         F7           Bbmaj7    Am7   Adim
 I cried I cried I cried a river over  you
[Chorus]
Dm               Dm(maj7)         C9         A7
   You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head

Dm        Dm(maj7)    A7      F9      Adim
While you never       shed a  tear

Dm           Dm(maj7)    Bb6         A7     Aaug
   Remember, I remember, all that you said

Dmaj7      Em7      F#m7 Dmaj7
   Told me love was too  plebeian

Am7                   D9    D7         Adim
   Told me you were   through with me and
[Verse 3]
Gm   Eb/G    Gm7       Gm6 
Now, now  you say  you say you love me

Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7         F7          Bbmaj7     
         Well, just to prove you  do

Am7  Adim   Dm7      Bdim     Em7
Come on and cry me a river

C9 C7
   Cry me a river 

Cm7          F7           Bbmaj7    Am7   Adim
   I cried a river over  you
[Chorus]
Dm               Dm(maj7)         C9         A7
   You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head

Dm        Dm(maj7)    A7      F9      Adim
While you never   shed a  tear

Dm           Dm(maj7)    Bb6         A7     Aaug
   Remember, I remember, all that you said

Dmaj7      Em7      F#m7 Dmaj7
   Told me love was too  plebeian

Am7                   D9    D7         Adim
   Told me you were   through with me and
[Verse 4]
Gm   Eb/G    Gm7       Gm6 
Now, now now  you say you say you love me

Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7         F7          Bbmaj7     
         Well, just to prove you  do

Am7  Adim                 Dm7      Bdim     Em7
   Come on and cry  cry  cry  me a river

C9 C7
   Cry me a river 

          Cm7          F7           Bbmaj7    Am7   Adim
  'cause  I cried a river over  you
[Outro]
Cm7                Eb                Gm6         
If my pillow talk, imagine what it would have said

Gm                     A7           Ab6  Abmaj7 
Could it be a river of tears I cried in bed?

Cm7
So you can cry me a river

Eb           Dbdim
Daddy, go ahead and cry that river

C7      Cm7     Daug  Eb   Em  F  Eb             Gbmaj7       
Cause I cried, how I cried            a river over you

Bb7
How I cried a river over you