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Cry Me A River by Julie London - Guitar Chords

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            -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)
cry me a river julie london 1955
I think I got almost all of Barney Kessel's licks from the original version
--.-/watch?ds49agCGNYJOrebA
I wanted to capture the original. I transposed it from G to E to sing, voicings mostly OK or better.
Note, some chords like A9 x0x000 may be hard to play with a pick. I play without a pick and
for a lot of these jazz type standards, I pluck more than strum.
I play without a pick because ~12 years ago internationally renowned guitarist, the inimitable Ben Lacy,
told me I should quit using one. I did and have never regretted it (I didn't do that much shredding).

Gb7-9-5 x98988   Gb7-9+5 x9898-10 B-5 xx9867
Em 022000  Em+5 022010  Em6 022020  Em7 022030
Gmaj7 3x443x  G6 3x243x  Gbm7 242222  B7 x24242
E7sus4 020200  E7 020100
Bb9 x1x111  A9 x0x000  A9add6 x0x002  A9+5 x0x001
Gbm7-5 x9-10-9-10-x  B7* 7x787x
Gb7+9 x989-10-x  Gb7-9 x9898x
Bm7 797777  Bm9 797779
Dbm7-5 8x887x  B6/Ab xx6877
Fm7 x8-10-898  Gbm7* x9-11-9-10-9
B7+5add9 7x7889  B7+5-9 7x7888  B7+5 7x7887


lick 1
 Emadd9  Em+7     Amadd9  Am+7
 |    /   /   /   |    /   /   /   |
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--7-6-5-4-------|--1-----1-------|
G|--4-----4-------|--4-3-2-1-------|
D|--5-----5-------|--2-----2-------|
A|----------------|0-------0-------|
E|0-------0-------|----------------|

lick 2
 Em      Em+5     Em6     Em7
|    /   /   /   |    /   /   /   |
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--2---2---3---3-|--4---4---5---5-|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|


[Intro]

(lick1) Gb7-9-5 Gb7-9+5 Gb7-9-5  B-5

[Verse 1]

Em  Em+5           Em6   Em7
Now you say you're lonely
Am7           D7sus4 D7    Gmaj7   G6  Gbm7  B7
You cried the long   night through

[Chorus]

              E7sus4   E7
Well, you can cry me a river
Bb9 A9         A9add6 A9+5 A9
      Cry me a riv    er
Am7          D9         Gmaj7  Gbm7-5  B7*
   I cried a river over you

[Verse 2]

Em  Em+5           Em6   Em7
Now you say you're sorry
Am7       D7sus4 D7    Gmaj7   G6  Gbm7  B7
For being so     untrue

[Chorus]

              E7sus4   E7
Well, you can cry me a river
Bb9 A9         A9add6 A9+5 A9
      Cry me a riv    er
Am7          D9         Am7  Gb7+9  Gb7-9
   I cried a river over you

[Bridge]

Bm7           Bm9    Bm7
You drove me, nearly drove me
Dbm7-5    Gb7+9  Gb7-9
Out of my head
Bm7       Bm9   Bm7    Dbm7-5     Gb7+9  Gb7-9
While you never shed a tear
Bm7       Bm9 Bm7
Remember, I remember
Dbm7-5       Gb7+9  Gb7-9
All that you said
B6/Ab                 B6/Ab
     Told me love was too plebeian
Fm7 Gbm7*                B7*     B7+5add9 B7+5-9 B7+5
        Told me you were through with     me     and

[Verse 3]

(play the next 4 chords using lick 2)
Em      Em+5    Em6    Em7
now you say you love me
Am7           D7sus4 D7  Gmaj7  G6  Gbm7  B7
Well, just to prove  you do

[Chorus]

            E7sus4   E7
Come on and cry me a river
Bb9 A9         A9add6 A9+5 A9
      Cry me a riv    er
Am7          D9         Am7  D7
   I cried a river over you

(lick 1)

[Outro]

Am7          D9         Gmaj7  G6
   I cried a river over you

(repeat to fade or end on Gmaj7)
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