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I'd Cry Like A Baby

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E7○○○○
A6Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
A9Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
D××○
FdimDiagram coming soon
A×○○
B7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E○○○
F#7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              E7   A6         F#m          A7M         A6 
I'd cry like a baby if you told me goodbye 
E7  A6          F#m             A9     A7/9 
I'd feel like a snowball on the 4th of July 
   D        Fdim          A9           A 
If you ever said you were leaving for good 
    B7          Bm7             Bm5-/7      E 
I'd weep like a weeping willow, honest I would 
E7  A6         F#m         A7M         A6 
I'd cry like a baby with a busted balloon 
E7  A6        F#m                 A9           A7 
I'd let out a wail that would be heard to the moon 
     D          Fdim             A7M        F#7 
Our love was so splendid    don't end it so soon 
       E7      F#m    E7     F#7            B7 
Don't leave me here sighing, sobbing and a sighing 
D9     Bm5-/7 E7/9  E7 E7/13 A 
Crying  like  a   baby     for   yo

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Chord set

E7 · A6 · F#m · A9 · A7 · D · Fdim · A · B7 · Bm7 · E · F#7 · D9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.