Cry Baby

Cage The Elephant

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: 
A A7 A/F#  A A7 A/F# 
E E/C# E7  E E/C# E/G# 
E E/C# E7  E E/C# E/G# 
 
verse 1 
E 
I think it's pretty strange 
 
Watching the passersby 
 
Crawling all over one another 
 
Trying to get ahead in life 
 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Monday you cough 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Tuesday you cry 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Wednesday in bed 
E   E7  E6  E          Bb 
What if you die? 
 
verse 2 
E 
You say that I'm insane 
 
I say you're probably right 
 
We all got something important to say 
 
But talking's a waste of time 
 
 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Monday you cough 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Tuesday you cry 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Wednesday in bed 
E   E7  E6  E          Bb 
What if you die? 
 
 
E     E7 E   E7 
Cry baby cry 
A                    A7 
Kick, scream, fight 
A                           A7 
Hold on with all your might 
E               E7 E  E7 
You're gonna die, die 
A                 A7   
Open up your eyes  
A                       A7 
or life will pass you by 
 
E E/C# E7  E E/C# E/G# 
E E/C# E7  E E/C# E/G# 
 
Verse 3 
E 
Don't you think it's pretty strange? 
 
All got something to hide 
 
House in the desert, top of a mountain 
 
Lost in a deep-sea dive 
 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Monday you cough 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Tuesday you cry 
E6 E7  E6  E 
Wednesday in bed 
E   E7  E6  E          Bb 
Thursday you die 
 
 
E     E7 E   E7 
Cry baby cry 
A                    A7 
Kick, scream, fight 
A                           A7 
Hold on with all your might 
             E  E7 E  E7 
You're gonna die, die 
A                 A7  A                  A7 
Open up your eyes or life will pass you by 
 
M8 
         G   
Without love 
         F# 
Without love 
G                         F# 
Nothing else will ever be enough 
C G C G C G C G E 
C G C G C G C G E 
 
 
E   E/C# E7   
Cry baby cry 
          Like it or not 
E   E/C# E/G# 
Cry baby cry 
           Like it or not   
E   E/C# E7   
Cry baby cry 
          Like it or not 
E   E/C# E/G# 
Cry baby cry 
           Like it or not   
 
E   E/C# E7   
Cry baby cry 
          Like it or not 
E   E/C# E/G# 
Cry baby cry 
           Like it or not

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Chord set

A · A7 · F# · E · C# · E7 · G# · E6 · Bb · G · C

Practice tip

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