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

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Intro 1

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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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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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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
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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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was laughed at by a whore
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Ah, but sill not a sniffle or sob
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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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plates
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Water and bread was all he was fed
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But not once did a tear stain
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his face
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Verse 6
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Doctors were called in,
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scientists, too
Theologians were last and
practically least
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They all agreed sure enough; this

was sure no cream puff

But in fact an insensitive beast

Interlude 1

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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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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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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,

he passed away

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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located his dog
Not only that,
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but he rejoined his arm
Down below, all the critics,
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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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his ex-employer went went broke
The theologians were finally
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found out
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