The Who – Cry If You Want (Guitar)

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[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