The Man Who Couldn't Cry
The Man Who Couldn't Cry

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

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    There 
    once 
    was 
    a man 

    who just 
    couldn't 
    cry 

    He 
    hadn't 
    cried 
    for 
    years 
    and 
    for 

    years 

    Napalmed babies 
    and 

    the movie 
    love 
    story 

    For 
    instance 
    could 
    not 
    pro
    duce 
    tears 

    As 
    child 
    he 
    had 
    cried 
    as 

    all 
    children 
    will 

    Then at 
    some 
    point 
    his 
    tear 
    duct
    s ran 
    dry 

    He 
    grew 
    to 
    be 
    man, 

    the 
    feces 
    hit 
    the 
    fan 

    Things 
    got 
    bad, 

    but 
    he 
    could
    n't 
    cry 

    Verse 2

    His 
    dog 
    was 
    run 
    over, 

    his 
    wife 
    up 
    and left 
    him 

    And 
    after 
    that 
    he 
    got 
    sacked 

    from 
    his 
    job 

    Lost 
    his 
    arm 
    in 
    the 
    war, 

    was 
    laughed 
    at 
    by 
    a whore 

    Ah, 
    but sill 
    not 
    a sniffle 
    or 
    sob 

    Verse 3

    His 
    novel 
    was 
    refused, 

    his 
    movie 
    was 
    panned 

    And 
    his 
    big 
    Broadway 
    show 

    was 
    a flop 

    Verse 4

    He 
    got sent 
    off 
    to 
    jail; you 
    guessed 
    it, 

    no 
    bail 

    Oh, 
    but still 
    not 
    a dribble 
    or 
    drop 

    Verse 5

    In 
    jail 
    he was 
    beaten, 

    bullied 
    and 
    buggered 

    And 
    made 
    to 
    make 
    license 

    plates 

    Water 
    and 
    bread 
    was 
    all 
    he 
    was 
    fed 

    But 
    not 
    once 
    did 
    a tear 
    stain 

    his 
    face 

    Verse 6

    Doctor
    s were 
    called 
    in, 

    scientists, 
    too 

    Theologians 
    were 
    last 
    and 

    practically 
    least 

    Verse 7

    They 
    all 
    agreed 
    sure 
    enough; this 

    was sure 
    no 
    cream 
    puff 

    But 
    in 
    fact 
    an 
    insensit
    ive 
    beast 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 8
    He 
    was 
    removed 
    from 
    jail 

    and placed 
    in 
    a place 

    For 
    the 
    insensitive 
    and 
    the 

    insane 

    He played 
    lots 
    of 
    chess 
    and 

    made 
    lots 
    of 
    friends 

    And 
    he 
    wept 
    every 
    time 
    it 

    would 
    rain 

    Verse 9

    Once 
    it 
    rained 
    forty 
    days 
    and 

    it rained 
    forty 
    nights 

    And 
    he cried 
    and he cried 
    and 

    he cried 
    and 
    he cried 

    Verse 10

    On 
    the forty-first 
    day, 
    day, 

    he 
    passed 
    away 

    He 
    just 
    dehydrated 
    and 
    died 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 11
    Well, 
    he 
    went 
    up 
    to 
    heaven, 

    located 
    his 
    dog 

    Not 
    only 
    that, 

    but 
    he 
    rejoined 
    his 
    arm 

    Down 
    below, 
    all 
    the critics, 

    they 
    loot 
    it 
    all 
    back 

    Cancer 
    robbed 
    the 
    whore 
    of 
    her 
    charm 

    Verse 12
    His 
    ex-wife 
    died 
    died 
    of 
    stretch 
    marks, 

    his 
    ex-employer 
    went 
    went 
    broke 

    The 
    theologians 
    were 
    finally 

    found 
    out 

    Verse 13

    Right 
    down 
    to 
    the ground, 

    that 
    old jail 
    house burned 
    down 

    The 
    earth 
    suffered 
    perpetu
    al 
    drought 
    Outro 1



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