Artist: Marc Ford
Song: Cry, Moan and Wail
Album: It's About Time
Tuning: DGCFAD (Standard down one full step)
There's a lot going on in this song between the two acoustic guitars that are present,
this is just a stripped down outline of how to play it, featuring just the chords and a
basic tab of the turnaround at the end of the verses.
E G#
C# B A Bbdim
E B7 E
E--------------0----------2--|
B--3-3-2-2-1-1-0----------0--|
G--4-4-3-3-2-2-0h1--------2--|
D--------------0h2--------1--|
A--------------0h2--0-1-2-2--|
E--------------0-------------|
E G#
Cry, cry my boy cry
C# B A Bbdim
Please don't choke on your pain
E
You got to open your your heart
B7 E
Let your tears fall like rain
E--------------0----------2--|
B--3-3-2-2-1-1-0----------0--|
G--4-4-3-3-2-2-0h1--------2--|
D--------------0h2--------1--|
A--------------0h2--0-1-2-2--|
E--------------0-------------|
E G#
Weep, weep woman weep
C# B A Bbdim
Drop that weight to the floor
E
Woman you oughta know
B7 E
That ain't your way no more
E--------------0----|
B--3-3-2-2-1-1-0----|
G--4-4-3-3-2-2-0h1--|
D--------------0h2--|
A--------------0h2--|
E--------------0----|
F# G
G#
Wail, cry moan and wail
C# B A Bbdim
Your daddy's ways aren't your own
E
Got to give it away
B7 E
To sit at your own throne
Solo
(verse chords x2)
(next chorus and verse are the same as the previous patterns)
Wail, cry moan and wail
Your daddy's ways aren't your own
You got to give it away
To sit at your own throne
Cry, cry my boy cry
Please don't choke on your pain
You got to open your your heart
Let your tears fall like rain
Solo 2
(verse chords x2)
E G#
Cry, cry my boy cry
C# B A Bbdim
Don't you choke on your pain
E
You got to open your your heart
B7 A
Let your tears fall like rain
E