You Taught Me How To Cry Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays675

You Taught Me How To Cry by Hoyt Axton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, D, G, Em and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Am Am C D G G 

Verse 
   G                  C 
In dreams my memories ramble 
Em             C            D 
  Out where my heart cannot go 
G                         C 
 Back to the love and the laughter 
D             C           G   G7 
 Lord, what a far distant shore 

 
   C                      G 
And how many nights did I want you 
C                         G 
 How many times did I try 
C                         G 
 You know you taught me to love you 
    D                                 G 
But did you know you taught me how to cry, oh, baby 
D                                 G 
Did you know you taught me how to cry 

Solo: D  G  D  G  G 

Verse 
G                       C 
  Sometimes I dream of a woman 
Em              C          D 
   Sometimes I dream of the sky 
G                           C 
 You know you taught me to dream, girl 
    D                                 G 
But did you know you taught me how to cry 


    C                     G 
And how many nights did I want you 
C                     G 
 How many times did I try 
C                          G 
 You know you taught me to love you 
    D                                G 
But did you know you taught me how to cry, oh, baby 
D                                G 
Did you know you taught me how to cry 

Solo  
D G D G D     G G7  
C C D D C  D G G7 

Verse 
C                       G 
 Sometimes I dream of a woman 
C                        G 
 Sometimes I dream of the sky 
C                          G 
 You know you taught me to love you 
   D                                 G 
But did you know you taught me how to cry, oh, baby 

C                      G 
 How many nights did I want you 
C                     G 
 How many times did I try 
C                          G 
 You know you taught me to love you 
    D                                 G 
But did you know you taught me how to cry, oh, baby 
D                                 G 
Did you know you taught me how to cry 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante