Song: Why I Cry
Artist: The Magnetic Fields
Album: Get Lost
Tabbed by: cmmlaw
Standard Tuning EADGBe
Pretty simple. Not positive of chord names.
CHORDS:
A: (002220)
Aadd9: (002200)
B: (224442)
Badd9: (024400)
C#m: (446654)
E: (022100)
Eadd9: (079900)
Eadd9*: (079800)
RIFF 1:
e-----------|
B-----------|
G-----------|
D-6---------|
A---9-7-----|
E-----------|
INTRO:
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---—7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6---------------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9----7--------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE:
C#m A
All the summer days
E B
Where we used to play
C#m A
Walking hand in hand
E B
Castles in the sand
CHORUS:
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---—7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
So you said good night But you meant good bye
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6---------------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9-------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Now our love has died This is why I cry
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
B-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
G-------------------------------------------------------9--------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6------9--------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9----7--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
...cry
VERSE: C#m A E B (x1)
C#m A
From the madding crowd
E B (riff 1)
Pointing up at clouds
C#m A
Summer turned to fall
E B
Pictures on the wall
CHORUS:
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---—7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
So you said good night But you meant good bye
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/magnetic_fields/why_i_cry_tab_ver_2.html ]
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6---------------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9-------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Now our love has died This is why I cry
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
B-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
G-------------------------------------------------------9--------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6------9--------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9----7--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
...cry
VERSE: C#m A E B (x2)
CHORUS:
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---—7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
So you said good night But you meant good bye
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6---------------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9-------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Now our love has died This is why I cry
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A-----7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9----7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
...cry ...cry
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
B-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
G-------------------------------------------------------9--------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6------9--------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9----7--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
...cry
OUTRO: (repeat until fade)
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6---------------------6-7-6----|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---—7-9--------9-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9* Aadd9 Badd9 Eadd9 Eadd9*
e-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
B-------------------------------------------------------0--------|
G-------------------------------------------------------9--------|
D-6--------------------6--7--9----6--------------6------9--------|
A---9-7----7---9---7-9--------------9-7----7---9---9----7--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------0--------|