Cry If You Want chords by The Who

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A5    G  D

Verse 1:
A
Once it was just innocence
 A
Brash ideas and insolence
   G           D
But you will never get away
           A
With the things you say today
    G  D     A   G D
But you cry... if you want

Verse 2:
A   A  G   A  A   G    A  A  G    A   A  D
Don't you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you said
A  A G  A  G  A     G   A  D
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
A A  A G  A   A  D
No one ever shared your bed
A A  G   A   A  D
Nothing ever filled your head
A  A  A  G   A   D
Except yourself and little Ted
   A   A   G  A    D
And scary dreams that you were dead
D
Don't you want to hide your face
   C
When going through your teenage looks
D
Read the kind of crap you wrote
   C
About ban the bomb and city crooks
D
Think about how long it took
  C
To get over that sudden yuk
   D
When in the mirror you would look
   C
Well now my son you're well in stook

Chorus:
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want

Verse 3:
A  A  G   A  A   G   A  A  G    A   A  D
Didn't you writhe in anger when you saw the man in his big car
A  A G  A  G  A   A  A  G  G   A  D
Didn't you drive a banger and a gallon didn't get you far
A A   G   A   A    D
Should have been a famous star
A A    G   A    A  D
But that ain't what you really are
A A  G  A     A   D
You could shout your last hurrah
A A   G    A    A   D
While they are propping up the bar
 D
Maybe things were better then
  C
Before you led a promised life
 D
Rash commitments heavy raps
   C
And left-wing spiel all compromised
   D
You fall in love with other's wives
 C
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
D
Angry 'cause you lost the prize
  C
Forgot the color of their eyes

Chorus:
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want

Bridge:
A7    A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7    A7sus4
Let your past go
A7    A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7    A7sus4
Let your past go 2x

Verse 4:
A  A  G   A  A   G   A  A  G    A   A  D
Don't you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were
A  A  G   A  A   G   A  A  G    A   A  D
Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn
A A     G  A    A  D
Aren't you glad it's your last term
A A  G  A  A  D
No more acting lowly worm
A A  G   A    A  D
You can make the suckers squirm
A A    G   A    A  D
When you tell 'em how much you earn
 D
Don't you feel ashamed
  C
at all the bitterness you feel inside
 D
Does your ego save your face
  C
I had a go, I really tried
 D
Now you know your leaders lied
     C
Does it stop you acting snide
  D
or are you still a boy that cried
 C        A
Tears now surely long since dried

G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
 Cry if you want

Outro:
A  G A   D