Cry Me A River Chords by Ella Fitzgerald

Tempo:
64.075 bpm
Chords used:

Abm

B

E

Bb

Dbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ella Fitzgerald - Cry me a river chords
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[Abm] [E] .
[Abm] [E] [Abm] [E] .
[Abm] [E] [Abm] [Bb] [E] Now [Abm] [E] you [Abm] say you're [B] lonely [F] [Dbm] You [Gb] cried the [B] long [B] night [Bbm] through.
[Eb] Well [Ab] you can [Gb] cry me [D] [Abm] .
[Eb] a [Dbm] river I [Gb] cried a river [B] over .
[Bb] [Eb] you.
[Abm] Now [E] [Abm] .
[B] you're sorry [Dbm] for [Gb] [B] being so [Bbm] untrue.
[Ab] Well you [Bbm] can cry me [F] a river.
[C] [Db].
Cry me a river.
[Dbm] Cause I cried, [Gb] I cried, I [B] cried a river [Db] over [Ebm] you.
[Ebm] You [Eb] drove me, [F] nearly [Abm] drove me out [Bb] of my [Ebm] head.
Why [C] you never [F] shed a [Bb] tear.
[Ebm] Remember, [Eb] I [F] remember all that [Bb] you [Eb] said.
[Fm] Told me [Gbm] love was [Gm] too [Bbm] plebeian.
Told [Eb] me you were through with [Abm] me.
And now [E] [Abm] you say, you say [B] you love [Dm] me.
[Dbm] Well [Gb] just to [B] prove you do.
[Bbm] [Bb] Come [Bb] on and cry me a river.
[Db].
Cry me a [Dbm] river.
Cause I cried [Gb] a [Abm] river over you.
[Bb] [Ebm] You [C] drove me, [F] nearly drove me out of [Bb] my [Ebm] head.
Why [Cm] you never [Abm] shed [Ebm] a tear.
Remember, I [F] remember all that you [Bb] said.
[Eb] Told [Fm] me love [Gbm] was too [Gm] [Bbm] plebeian.
Told me you [Ebm] were through [Abm] with me.
And now [E] you [Abm] say, you say you love [Ebm] me.
[Dbm] [Gb] Well just [Abm] to [B] prove you [Bb] do.
Come [Ab] on and cry me [Db] a river.
Cry [F] me a [Dbm] river.
Cause [B] I cried a river [Ebm] over [Ab] you.
[Dbm] If my [E] pillow could talk, imagine what it would have said.
[B] Would be a river [Gm] of [D] tears, I'd cry, .
[Ab] [Dbm] so you can cry.
[E] .
Danny [Abm] Eagle and [B] I, I'd ride [Bb] that river.
[E] [F] Cause [Dbm] [Eb] I cried [E] [F] [Gb] a river over [B] [Ab] [G] [E] [Bb] [B] you.
[Gbm] .
Key:  
Abm
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B
12341112
E
2311
Bb
12341111
Dbm
13421114
Abm
123111114
B
12341112
E
2311
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To learn Ella Fitzgerald - Cry Me A River chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: E, Abm, E, C, F, Bb and Ebm. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 32 BPM and then match the original tempo of 64 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Db Minor.

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[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _ .
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] [E] Now _ [Abm] _ [E] you [Abm] say you're [B] lonely [F] [Dbm] You [Gb] cried the [B] long [B] night [Bbm] through.
[Eb] Well [Ab] you can [Gb] cry me [D] _ [Abm] _ .
[Eb] a [Dbm] river I [Gb] cried a river [B] over _ .
[Bb] [Eb] you.
[Abm] Now _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ .
[B] you're sorry _ [Dbm] for [Gb] _ [B] being so [Bbm] untrue.
[Ab] Well you [Bbm] can cry me [F] a river.
[C] _ [Db].
Cry me a river.
[Dbm] Cause I cried, [Gb] I cried, I [B] cried a river [Db] over [Ebm] you.
[Ebm] You [Eb] drove me, [F] nearly [Abm] drove me out [Bb] of my [Ebm] head.
Why [C] you never [F] shed a [Bb] tear.
[Ebm] _ Remember, [Eb] I [F] remember all that [Bb] you [Eb] said.
[Fm] Told me [Gbm] love was [Gm] too [Bbm] plebeian.
Told [Eb] me you were through with [Abm] me.
And now [E] _ [Abm] you say, you say [B] you love [Dm] me.
[Dbm] Well [Gb] just to [B] prove you do.
[Bbm] [Bb] Come [Bb] on and cry me a river.
[Db].
Cry me a [Dbm] river.
Cause I cried [Gb] a [Abm] river over you.
[Bb] _ [Ebm] You [C] drove me, [F] nearly drove me out of [Bb] my [Ebm] head.
Why [Cm] you never [Abm] shed [Ebm] a tear.
Remember, I [F] remember all that you [Bb] said.
[Eb] Told [Fm] me love [Gbm] was too [Gm] [Bbm] plebeian.
Told me you [Ebm] were through [Abm] with me.
And now [E] you [Abm] say, you say you love [Ebm] me.
[Dbm] _ [Gb] Well just [Abm] to [B] prove you [Bb] do.
Come [Ab] on and cry me [Db] a river.
Cry [F] me a [Dbm] river.
Cause [B] I cried a river [Ebm] over [Ab] you.
_ [Dbm] If my [E] pillow could talk, imagine what it would have said.
[B] Would be a river [Gm] of [D] tears, I'd cry, _ _ .
[Ab] [Dbm] so you can cry.
_ _ _ [E] _ .
Danny [Abm] Eagle and [B] I, I'd ride [Bb] that river.
[E] [F] Cause [Dbm] [Eb] I cried [E] _ [F] _ [Gb] _ a river over [B] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [B] you.
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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This song was composed by Arthur Hamilton.

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