Cry Me a River Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the jazz standard Cry Me a River chords by Arthur Hamilton on guitar.

PDF score of Cry Me a River on guitar

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Cry Me a River with chords

Verse 1 | Cry Me a River chords

The three verses of Cry Me a River, sung by Julie London, are played in the same way. So you only have to know how to play the first one. In order to play the verse 1 of this music, you need to know some first chords :

cry me a river chords

Once these positions are ready and mastered, you can follow and play the following tab of this jazz standard with your guitar :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

cry me a river lyrics
Tab text
Am AmM7 Am7 Am6
Now you say you’re lonely
Dm7 G7 C6 E7
You cried the long night through
A7
Well, you can cry me a river
D9
Cry me a river
Dm7 G7 C6 E7
I cried a river over you

Listen different versions singed of this jazz standard Cry Me a River before you play.

Chorus | Jazz Standard with chords

After verses 1 and 2 of the song, also interpreted by Michael Bublé, you have to play the chorus. To do this, you need to know one additional chords :

cry me a river guitar

When you have mastered this new positions and the previous ones, you only have to look at and play the last tab of this jazz music sung by Ella Fitzgerald :

cry me a river score pdf
Tab text
Em
You drove me
EmM7
Nearly drove me
Am6 B7
Out of my head
Em EmM7
While you never
Am6 B7
shed a tear
Em
Remember
EmM7
I remember
Am6 B7
All that you said
E7
You told me love was too plebeian
Bm6 E7
Told me you were through with me and

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Cry Me a River lyrics

The song Cry Me a River chords sung by Ella Fitzgerald is composed of three verses and a chorus.

The structure of the lyrics is simple :

Verse 1

Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Verse 2

Now you say you’re sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Chorus

You drove me
Nearly drove me
Out of my head
While you never
shed a tear

Remember
I remember
All that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and

Verse 3

Now you say, you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
Cause I cried a river over you

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This score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the song Cry Me a River chords sung by Julie London on guitar.