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Key: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh, sometimes I could cry
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E

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Woman I could just lay down and die
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A

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Adim
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A

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D

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F#dim
F#dim
4

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D

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Oh, sometimes I could cry

Woman I could just lay down
Am
Am

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A

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Am

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Em
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and die
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E

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D

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Well if you listen to the story now
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My pal Buddy will tell you
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Am
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the reason why
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D

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Verse 2
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A

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D

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My baby needs and she love me
F#dim
F#dim
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In the evenin' when I come home
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A

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D

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F#dim
F#dim
4

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Whoa, my baby needs
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D

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and she love me
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Am

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A
A

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In the evenin' when I come home,
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A

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Am
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oh yes
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E

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But seems like everything
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E

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D

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I do
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E

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Everything I do is wrong
Interlude 1
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Ebdim
Ebdim

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F#dim
F#dim
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Em
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Bm
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Em
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F#dim
F#dim
4

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Verse 3
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A

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I used to have plenty money
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E
E

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The finest clothes in town
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Nothin' ever got in my way until
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You come to get me down
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D

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I'm say'n mercy,
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D

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mercy, mercy baby
C
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Ooh have mercy on me,
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oh yes
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D

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I'll al ways love you darlin'
C
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No matter what you do
Verse 4
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Em
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Now listen closely baby
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I'll try to change
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my ways
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Don't go kickin' up

trumped up troubles
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Worry all my days
F#dim
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Mercy mercy mercy baby
C
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Good God mercy be all around
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Yes you know I'll be right there

When the grave digger laid
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her down
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • D

  • Em

  • E

  • A

  • Adim

  • F#dim

    4

  • C

  • G

  • Ebdim

  • Bm

    2

  • F

  • Bb

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of I Could Cry by Buddy Guy is A minor.

The primary chords used in I Could Cry are Am, D, Em, E, A, Adim.

No capo is required for this song.

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