Prefab Sprout – The Sound Of Crying (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sound Of Crying [Full Version] - Prefab Sprout --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: "The Sound of Crying" [Single, 1992] Tabbed by: maguri --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: C key: Db For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and "use flats") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Cmaj7    x-3-2-0-0-0
Dm9      x-x-0-2-1-0 or x-5-3-5-5(0)
G/A      x-0-5-4-3-x
Fmaj7    1-x-2-2-1-0
Cmaj7/G  3-x-3-0-0-0
Dm7/G    3-x-0-2-1-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Cmaj7 | Dm9 | % | % | | Cmaj7 | Dm9 | % | % | [Verse 1]
Cmaj7                Dm9
Hang out the flags a new world order's on the way

Cmaj7                Dm9
 Start singing now a song to greet the joyful day
[Bridge]
G/A  Fmaj7
       Just when we thought the time was right for celebrating

Dm9
  With music of the spheres

Fmaj7
  What's this - another boat of fleeing refugees on

Dm9
  A sea of children's tears
[Chorus]
G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth

G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7              Dm9
We're only men and women doing what we can

Cmaj7                   Dm9
 Sometimes I think that God is working to a plan
[Bridge]
G/A  Fmaj7
       Then other times I swear that he is improvising

Dm9
  Discordant and remote

Fmaj7
  Another orphan baby in failed uprising

Dm9
  Another real bum note
[Chorus]
G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth

G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth
[Chorus]
G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
(Once more the sound of crying, sound of crying)
G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
(Once more the sound of crying) [Middle 8]
Cmaj7           Dm7
  And if you're listening up there

Cmaj7/G        Dm7/G
  You could consider this a prayer
[Bridge]
G/A  Fmaj7
       Well, who am I to tell you how to run your business

Dm9
  Man, you could strike me blind

Fmaj7
  What kind of noise we gotta make down here before we
2/4
Dm9                     | Dm9 | % |
  Destroy your peace of mind
[Chorus]
G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth

G               Am
  Once more the sound of crying

Dm7
  Is number one across the earth
[Chorus]
G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
(Once more the sound of crying, sound of crying)
G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
[Middle 8]
Cmaj7           Dm7
  And if you're listening up there, yeah, yeah

    Cmaj7/G        Dm7/G
Ooh-ooh, aha-ah-aaaah
[Outro]
| G | Am            Dm7
       The sound of crying

G               Am               Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying

G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
(The sound of crying)
G               Am                     Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
(Once more the sound of crying, sound of crying)
G               Am               Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying

G               Am               Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying

G               Am               Dm7
  Once more the sound of crying
[fade out]