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Cry Today, Smile Tomorrow

Anthony Ramos

OtherAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

F
BbDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: F Bb Bb F 
 
          Bb 
I got problems  
                        Cm 
And I'll be the first to call them out 
                   Bb 
Yeah, I get lonely 
                   Gm 
Cuz lately friends don't stick around 
                         Bb 
But I keep my hopes up 
                         Cm 
Cuz that's the one thing I can control 
        Gm      
I don't fill my mind with petty lies 
            F   Bb 
I let that go 
        Gm 
I don't fill my mind with petty lies 
           F    Bb 
Let that go 
 
        Bb           Cm                                                  Gm    F Bb 
And all...the troubles in my life won't bring me down 
        Bb           Cm                                                  Gm    F Bb 
And all...the struggles in my life they teach me how 
               Bb            Gm 
How I'm perfectly imperfect 
                      F                  Cm                           Gm 
And when it hurts, I just remember there's a purpose 
           F        Bb   Bb         F   Gm 
So I'll cry today, smile tomorrow 
  F        Bb   Bb         F   Gm 
I cry today, smile tomorrow 
 
verse 2
                   Bb                                Cm 
And those nights, when I'm all alone 
                  Gm                                                                      F   Bb 
Feeling defeated, and beaten, abandoned, and far from home 
            Bb                                                     Cm 
I sit in silence on the sidelines as the world moves on 
                         Gm                                                              F 
With puzzled pieces in my palms, wondering what the hell I did wrong 
 
        Bb           Cm                                                  Gm    F Bb 
And all...the troubles in my life won't bring me down 
        Bb           Cm                                                  Gm    F Bb 
And all...the struggles in my life they teach me how 
               Bb            Gm 
How I'm perfectly imperfect 
                      F                  Cm                           Gm 
And when it hurts, I just remember there's a purpose 
           F        Bb   Bb         F   Gm 
So I'll cry today, smile tomorrow 
  F        Bb   Bb         F   Gm 
I cry today, smile tomorrow 
 
Bridge 
 
         Cm                             Gm                           F 
I'll cry today, smile for all of those walls I've broken through 
                 Gm                       Cm 
All those times I couldn't choose 
                                          Gm 
The cards on the table  
                   
The facts and the fables 
   Cm                     Gm                        F 
Smile for all the ones who hold me up 
                     Gm                        Cm 
When the weight is just too much 
                                           F 
And I can't bear it on my own even when I know 
 
Chorus
 
End F Bb, F Bb 
          
 

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Chord set

F · Bb · Cm · Gm

Practice tip

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