The Man Who Couldn't Cry chords by
Loudon Wainwright Iii

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Gsus4

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Verse 1

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There once was a man

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who just couldn't cry

He hadn't cried for years and for

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Gsus4

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years

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Napalmed babies and

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the movie love story

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For instance could not produce tears

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C

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As a child he had cried as

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all children will

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Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry

He grew to be a man,

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the feces hit the fan

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Things got bad,

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but he couldn't cry

Gsus4

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Verse 2

His dog was run over,

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his wife up and left him

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And after that he got sacked

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from his job

Lost his arm in the war,

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C

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was laughed at by a whore

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Ah, but sill not a sniffle or sob

Gsus4

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Verse 3

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His novel was refused,

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his movie was panned

And his big Broadway show

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was a flop

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Verse 4

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He got sent off to jail; you guessed it,

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no bail

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Oh, but still not a dribble or drop

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Verse 5

In jail he was beaten,

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bullied and buggered

And made to make license

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Gsus4

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plates

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Water and bread was all he was fed

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But not once did a tear stain

Gsus4

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his face

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Verse 6

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Gsus4

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Doctors were called in,

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scientists, too

Theologians were last and

practically least

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Verse 7

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They all agreed sure enough; this

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was sure no cream puff

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But in fact an insensitive beast

Interlude 1

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Gsus4

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Gsus4

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Gsus4

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Verse 8

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He was removed from jail

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and placed in a place

For the insensitive and the

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Gsus4

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insane

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He played lots of chess and

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made lots of friends

And he wept every time it

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would rain

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Verse 9

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D

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C

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Once it rained forty days and

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it rained forty nights

And he cried and he cried and

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he cried and he cried

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Verse 10

On the forty-first day, day,

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C

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he passed away

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He just dehydrated and died

Interlude 2

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Verse 11

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Well, he went up to heaven,

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C

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located his dog

Not only that,

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Gsus4

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but he rejoined his arm

Down below, all the critics,

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C

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they loot it all back

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Cancer robbed the whore of her charm

Verse 12

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His ex-wife died died of stretch marks,

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F

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his ex-employer went went broke

The theologians were finally

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found out

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Verse 13

Right down to the ground,

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that old jail house burned down

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Gsus4

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The earth suffered perpetual drought

Outro 1

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Gsus4

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Chords

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Gsus4
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The original key of The Man Who Couldn't Cry by Loudon Wainwright III is A major.

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