Cry Baby Cry Chords

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Cry Baby Cry by The Beatles is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, F, Em7, A7, Em, Em7+, Em6, C7 and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  G      Am   F                G 
Cry baby cry make your mother sigh 
      Em7                A7     F   
She's old enough to know better 

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
The king of Marigold was in the kitchen 
        Em6                 C7  G 
Cooking breakfast for the queen 
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
The queen was in the parlour playing piano 
            Em6          C7 
For the children of the king 

 G       Am    F               G 
Cry baby cry make your mother sigh 
      Em7                   A7       F       G 
She's old enough to know better so cry baby cry 

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
The king was in the garden picking flowers  
        Em6                 C7  G 
For a friend who came to play  
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
The queen was in the playroom painting pictures  
            Em6          C7 
For the childrens holiday  

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
The duchess of Kircaldy always smiling 
        Em6                 C7  G 
And arriving late for tea 
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
The duke was having problems with a message 
            Em6          C7 
At the local bird and bee  

 G       Am    F               G 
Cry baby cry make your mother sigh 
      Em7                   A7       F       G 
She's old enough to know better so cry baby cry 

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
The king was in the garden picking flowers  
        Em6                 C7  G 
For a friend who came to play  
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
The queen was in the playroom painting pictures  
            Em6          C7 
For the childrens holiday  

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
At twelve o'clock a meeting round the table 
        Em6                 C7  G 
For a seance in the dark 
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
With voices out of nowhere put on specially 
            Em6          C7 
By the children for a lark 

**Chorus Twice (End On Em) 

 G       Am    F               G 
Cry baby cry make your mother sigh 
      Em7                   A7       F       G 
She's old enough to know better so cry baby cry 

    Em      Em7+                 Em7 
The king was in the garden picking flowers  
        Em6                 C7  G 
For a friend who came to play  
    Em               Em7+            Em7 
The queen was in the playroom painting pictures  
            Em6          C7 
For the childrens holiday  

The following is actually not part of the song "Cry Baby Cry".  It is the beginning of the next song on the album "Revolution #9" 

 Fm 
Can you take me back where are people, can you take me back 
 Fm 
Can you take me back where are people, brother can you take me back 
 Fm 
Can you take me back? 
 Fm 
Oh can you take me where are people, can you take me back? 

    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante