Don't Cry Out Loud

by Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

DON’T CRY OUT LOUD
By: Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen
Melissa Manchester
Key: Bb, B

Key: Bb

-3*-3* -3*  -3  -3*
Ba-by cried the day 
-3  -3* -3   -3* 4   -3  
the cir-cus came to town
  -2   -2  -5* -5  -5*  -5  -5*
'cause she did-n't like pa-rades 
 -5  -3*   5  5  -5
just pass-in' by her
-2 -2   -3*  -3-3*-3  -3*
So she paint-ed on a smile 
-3   -3* -3  -3*  5     -3
and took up with some clown
-2  -2    -5*   -5  -5*-5 -5* -5-3*  5  5-5
And she danced with-out a net up-on the wire
-5  7 -5 -5  5  -5   5    -5     7  -6
I know a lot a-bout her 'cause, you see
-5 5 -3* 3  -5  5  -3*   5  5
Ba-by is an aw-ful lot like me

 -6    8  -7  -7*    
Don't cry out loud
 -6   -6 -5* -5 -5*
Just keep it in-side, 
  -6  -5* -5 -5*   -5  -3*    5
learn how to hide your feel-ings
-6   8   -7   -7*
Fly high and proud
-6  -6 -5*   -5   -5*
And if you should fall, 
-6 -6  -5* -5 -5*  -5  -3*  5 -5
Re-mem-ber you al-most had it all

-3*-3*-3*  -3   -3*  -3    -3*  -3  -3*  4   -3
Ba-by saw that when they pulled the big top down
-2    -5* -5  -5* -5    -5* -5  -3*  5   5  -5   
They left be-hind her dreams a-mong the lit-ter
-3* -3  -3*   -3    -3* -3  -3*
And the dif-f’rent kind of love 
-3    -3*     5    -3
she thought she'd found
  -2  -2   -5* -5  -5*
There was noth-in' more 
 -5  -5*  -5  -3*   5    5  -5
Than saw-dust and some glit-ter
-5  7  -5  -5   5   -5  5    -5    7  -6
But ba-by can't be bro-ken 'cause you see
-5  -5   5  -3*  3    -5  5 
She had the fin-est teach-er,
 -3*  5  5
that was me-I taught her

-6    8  -7  -7*    
Don't cry out loud
 -6   -6 -5* -5 -5*
Just keep it in-side, 
  -6  -5* -5 -5*   -5  -3*    5
learn how to hide your feel-ings
-6   8   -7   -7*
Fly high and proud
-6  -6 -5*   -5   -5*
And if you should fall, 
-6 -6  -5* -5 -5*  -5  -3*  5 -5
Re-mem-ber you al-most had it all

Key: B

-6*    8* -7*  -8 
Don't cry out loud
-6*   -6* 6 -5*  6
Just keep it in-side 
 -6*   6 -5*  6   -5*   -4   5*
learn how to hide your feel-ings
-6*  8*  -7*  -8
Fly high and proud
-6* -6* 6    -5*   6
And if you should fall, 
-6*-6*  6  -5* 6  -6*   7* -7* -8
Re-mem-ber you al-most had it all

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