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Crying:Jay And The Americans.
Billboard #25 and CashBox #32 in 1966.
 
Intro: D
 
#1.
D
I was all right for a while..I could smile for a while.
Daug
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight..
G Gm
as you stopped to say hello.
D A7
Oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell..that I'd been..
 
[Refrão]D F#m D F#m
Cryyyying over you..crrrrying over you.
G A G A
Then you said so long, left me standing all alone..
D Daug G Gm7
alone and crying, crying, crying, crying.
D A7
It's hard to understand..but the touch of your hand,
D
can start me crying.
 
#2.
D
I thought that I was over you..but it's true, so true.
Daug
I love you even more than I did before..
G Gm
but darling, what can I do?
D A7
Now, you don't love me..and I'll always be..
 
[Refrão]D F#m D F#m
Cryyyyying, over you..cryyyying, over you.
G A G A
Yes, now you're gone..and from this moment on..
D Daug G Gm7
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying..
 
OUTRO:
D Bm G A7 D
I'm cryyyyying, cryyyying..oooooo..ver yooouuu.
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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