Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays478

Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying by Ray Charles is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords Bmaj7, Amaj7, A6, B, Dbm7, E6, E, Dbm, B6, Bbm7, Ebm7, Bm7, Abm7, Db9 and Gbm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			


Verse 

   Bmaj7                          Amaj7                          Bmaj7 
E|---------------------2--------|------------------------------|-------------2----------------| 
B|-4-----------------------4----|-2-------------------0---2----|-4----------------------------| 
G|-----3-------3----------------|-----1-------1----------------|-----3---------------3--------| 
D|---------4---------------4----|---------2---------------2----|---------4---------------4----| 
A|------------------------------|-0---------------0------------|------------------------------| 
E|-2---------------2------------|------------------------------|-2---------------2------------| 
   Don't               let the    sun                 catch you  cryin' 
   Don't               let the    sun                 catch you  lyin' 


   A6                             Bmaj7                          Amaj7 
E|-4-------------------2---0----|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------|-4-----------------------4----|-2-------------------0---2----| 
G|-----2-------2----------------|-----3-------3-------3--------|-----1-------1----------------| 
D|---------2---------------2----|---------4---------------4----|---------2---------------2----| 
A|-0---------------0------------|------------------------------|-0---------------0------------| 
E|------------------------------|-2---------------2------------|------------------------------| 
                                                      Cryin'     at     my               front 
                                                      Lyin'      at     my               front 

   B                              Dbm7                           E6 
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|-0-----------0----------------| 
B|-4----------------------------|-5-----------7-------5--------|-2-----------2----------------| 
G|-----4-------4-------4--------|-----4------------------------|-----1---------------1--------| 
D|---------4---------------4----|---------6---------------6----|---------2---------------2----| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|-2---------------2------------| 
E|-2---------------2------------|-4---------------4------------|------------------------------| 
   door                                                          You've      done    daddy          
   door                                                          Daddy's     done    turned  


   E                              Dbm                            Dbm7 
E|-0-----------0----------------|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------| 
B|-0-----------0----------------|-5-----------5----------------|-5-----------5----------------| 
G|-----1---------------1--------|-----6---------------6--------|-----4---------------4--------| 
D|---------2---------------2----|---------6---------------6----|---------6---------------6----| 
A|------------------------------|-4---------------4------------|------------------------------| 
E|-0---------------0------------|------------------------------|-4---------------4------------| 
   dirty,                  He     sure                    don't  want you            no     
   salty,                  And    baby,                   you've made him            so  

   B6                             B 
E|-4-----------4----------------|-2-----------2----------------| 
B|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------| 
G|-----4---------------4--------|-----4---------------4--------| 
D|---------4---------------4----|---------4---------------4----| 
A|-2---------------2------------|-2---------------2------------| 
E|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
   more.     
   sore. 


Chorus 

   Bbm7                           Ebm7                           Bm7 
E|-6-----------6----------------|-6-----------6----------------|-6-----------6----------------| 
B|-6-----------6----------------|-7-----------7----------------|-6-----------6----------------| 
G|-----7---------------7--------|-----6---------------6--------|-----7---------------7--------| 
D|---------6---------------6----|---------8---------------8----|---------6---------------6----| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|-6---------------6------------|-6---------------6------------|-6---------------6------------| 
                       You can    cry,                cry,       cry,                    Yes 

   Ebm7                           Abm7 
E|-9-----------6----------------|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------| 
B|-7-----------7----------------|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------| 
G|-----6---------------6--------|-----5---------------5--------|-----5---------------5--------| 
D|---------8---------------8----|---------4---------------4----|---------4---------------4----| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|-6---------------6------------|-4---------------4------------|-4---------------4------------| 
   baby,               you can    wail,                                              Beat your 

   Db9                                                           Dbm7 
E|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------| 
B|-4-----------4----------------|-4-----------4----------------|-5-----------5----------------| 
G|-----4---------------4--------|-----4---------------4--------|-----4---------------4--------| 
D|---------6---------------6----|---------6---------------6----|---------6---------------6----| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|-4---------------4------------|-4---------------4------------|-4---------------4------------| 
   head    on  the pavement                           Till the   man comes   and throws you in 

   Gbm7 
E|-2-----------2----------------|-2-----------2----------------| 
B|-2-----------2----------------|-2-----------2----------------| 
G|-----3---------------3--------|-----3---------------3--------| 
D|---------2---------------2----|---------2---------------2----| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|-2---------------2------------|-2---------------2------------| 
   jail. 
    	

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