You Never Cry Like A Lover (J.D. Souther/Don Henley)
From Eagles "On The Border" (1974)
Note: The intro begins with three-note pickup (g-a-c) on the 4th beat.
The same three-note riff repeats through each measure of the chorus on the 4th beat.
(g-a-c) | C C (g-a-c) | D7 D7 (g-a-c) | Fm Fm (g-a-c) | C C (g-a-c) |
| C C (g-a-c) | D7 D7 (g-a-c) | Fm Fm (g-a-c) | C |
|G7 |C |
- You never cry like a lover should
|G7 |C |
- Sigh-aye-aye when it feels real good
|G7 |C |
- Or see the sky through the stone and wood
|G7 | (g-a-c) |
- You never cry like a lover ---
|C |D7 |
- I thought I saw somebody I loved
|Fm |C |
- Sleepin' deep inside you
|C |D7 |
- If I could catch you at an unguarded moment
|Fm |C
- I'd stay right there beside you
|G7 |C |
You never - smile at me late at night
|G7 |C |
- Laugh out loud when we get it right
|G7 |C |
- You can't get loose if there's too much light
|G7 |
- You never smile like a lover
|C |D7 |
(Try a little harder) I can't live with you, baby
| Fm |C
(Harder) Can't live without it
|C |D7 |
(Try a little harder) And sometimes I believe in love
|Fm |C
- But sometimes I doubt it
|Am |G |F7 |
But your life --- goes --- on ---
|F& |Am |
- Like a broken-down carousel
|G |F7 |F7 |
-- Where somebody left the music on ---
| Am | Am -- G | F | F -- G |
| Am | Am -- G | F | F -- G |
|Am |Am G |
- I was hopin' you were the one -
|F |F G |
- I was hopin' you were the one -
|Am |Am G |
- I was hopin' you were the one -
|F |F F# |
- I was hopin' you were the one -
|G7 |C |
- You never move like you used to do
|G7 |C |
- Pour it out when you're feelin' blue
|G7 |C |
- Somebody must have put some pain on you
|G7 |C (e-f-f#) |
- You never cry like a lover -
|G7 |C |
- You never cry like a lover
|G7 |C |
- (You never cry like a lover) Cry-y
|G7 |C |
- (You never cry like a lover) You never cry
|G7 |C |
- (Cry like a lover) Come on and cry
|G7 |C |
- (You never cry like a lover)
|G7 |C |
- (Cry like a lover) Cry
|G7 |C |
- (You never cry like a lover)
|G7 |C |
- (Cry like a lover) You never cry
|G7 |C |
- (You never cry like a lover) (Fades)
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