Key: G major
Verse 1
Eb
Bb
I'm standing in a jolly crowd
Eb
Joking, laughing a little too loud
Ab
Looking like the model of a man
Eb
that's got it made
Bb
But my repartee is just to disguise
Eb
All the hurt I'm try ing to hide
Ab
Bb
'Cause I'm crying, I'm crying
Crying inside
Eb
Verse 2
Bb
I'm sitting in a restaurant
Eb
A few old friends in a fa vorite haunt
Ab
And I'm wearing a suit
Eb
of deepest blue
I've been wise- cracking
Bb
like the good old days
Eb
But pretty soon I'm gonna slip away
Ab
Bb
And walk myself right back to
my lonely room
Eb
Bb
Verse 3
Ab
Everybody knows a man's
Eb
not supposed to cry
If you look at my face,
Ab
you'll see my cheek is dry
Eb
I wish sometimes they'd
Bb
cut me some slack
'Cause they don't know,
Eb
while they're slappin' my back
Ab
I'm crying
Bb
Eb
Cry, cry, cry, crying inside
Whoa, here comes the tears
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Interlude 1
Cry again, cry again
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Verse 4
Ab
Well, everybody knows a man's not supposed to cry,
Eb
cry, cry, cry
So behind this grin I'm holding
it in up until I say goodbye
Ab
Verse 5
Bb
Eb
Well, I wish sometimes they'd
Bb
cut me some slack
'Cause they don't know while
Eb
they're slappin' my back
Ab
I'm crying
Bb
Eb
Cry, cry, cry, crying inside
Bb
Ab
Nobody knows I'm crying
Bb
Crying inside
Eb
I'm the life and the soul
Ab
Bb
of the party sometimes
Eb
But I'm crying inside
Crying inside, crying inside
Outro 1
Crying inside
Eb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Bb Ab
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