What am I crying for    (video)

 

    G - C   - G - C

 

               Dm

1. It was just a passing thing,

                                               - C

    I dug her and she dug me,        nothing binding.

             Dm

    So it came as no surprise

                                                      - C

    when she left without goodbye,        I didn't mind it.

Em                                                           - Am                   F             Fm

    Like I've heard it said a hundred times,       all is fair in love and war.

                      C                 - G                    C              - F

   So what am I crying for,      what am I crying for ?

 

                   Dm

2. She was just another girl,

                                               C

    like a million in the world, nothing special.

                     Dm

    Kept me warm when I was cold,

                                                     - C

    drove the devils from my soul.         Now I bet she'll

    Em

    find the going rough and she'll get enough

Am                                        F         Fm

    and come back knocking at my door.

                        C                  - Em               C                     - D#

    So what am I crying for ?        What am I crying for ?

 

                       Gm Cm

+ What am I dying for ?

                        Gm          Cm  Bb               G#    - Fm - G# - Fm - Bb

    She meant nothing to me, I like being free !

 

+  G - C   - G - C

 

                    Dm

3. Guess I'll find somebody new,

                                         - C

    it's an easy thing to do,        that's for certain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 Dm

    I'm not sorry that she's gone,

                                          - C

    it's not sad to be alone,        and I'm not hurting.

Em

    Now and then she doesn't cross my mind,

Am                                      F            Fm

    and every night I never walk the floor.

                      C              - Dm - C - Dm

    What am I lying for ?

                        C              - Dm

    What am I crying for ?            (3x) ....

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Classics IV & Dennis Yost)