Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'

by Jerry & The Pacemakers, Ray Charles · 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 LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN’
By: Joe Greene
Jerry & The Pacemakers, Ray Charles
Key: F

-3  -3  -2   -1   -2  -1  -2 -2  -2   -1 1
Wom-an don’t you shed no croc-o-dile tears
-3  -3  -2  -1   -2  -1 -2 -3  -3    3
Nev-er take you back in a mil-lion years

 -3    4  -3   3   -2    3  -3  4
Don't let the sun catch you cry-in'
-3  4   -3  3  -2   -3 1
Cry-in’ at my front door
-1   -2   3  3*  3  3
You done dad-dy dir-ty
3   3     3*   -2   1  -2  -2
He sure don’t want you no more

 -3    4  -3   3   -2    3  -3  4
Don't let the sun catch you ly-in'
-3  4  -3  3  -2   -3 1
Ly-in’ at my front door
-1   -2   3     3*    3   3
Dad-dy’s done turned salt-y
3  3   3*  -2   1  -2  -2
Ba-by you made him so sore
 2  -2*  4   4 -4-3
You can cry cry cry
-3  -5 -5 -5  -4   -3
Yes ba-by you can wail
 -1   -1   -3  -3 -3   -3   3
Beat your head on the pave-ment
 3    3   4    4    3     4    4  -3  3
Till the man comes and throws you in jail
 3*  -3    4  -3   3   -2    3  -3  4
But don't let the sun catch you cry-in'
-3  4   -3  3   -2  -3 1
Cry-in’ at my front door
-1   -2   3  3*  3  3
You done dad-dy dir-ty
3   3     3*   -2   1  -2  -2
He sure don’t want you no more

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound