https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)
cry me a river julie london 1955
I think I got almost all of Barney Kessel's licks from the original version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCGNYJOrebA
I wanted to capture the original. I transposed it from G to E to sing, voicings mostly OK or better.
Note, some chords like A9 x0x000 may be hard to play with a pick. I play without a pick and
for a lot of these jazz type standards, I pluck more than strum.
I play without a pick because ~12 years ago internationally renowned guitarist, the inimitable Ben Lacy,
told me I should quit using one. I did and have never regretted it (I didn't do that much shredding).
Gb7-9-5 x98988 Gb7-9+5 x9898-10 B-5 xx9867
[Em] 022000 [Em+5] 022010 [Em6] 022020 [Em7] 022030
[Gmaj7] 3x443x [G6] 3x243x [Gbm7] 242222 [B7] x24242
[E7sus4] 020200 [E7] 020100
[Bb9] x1x111 [A9] x0x000 A9add6 x0x002 [A9+5] x0x001
[Gbm7-5] x9-10-9-10-x [B7]* 7x787x
[Gb7+9] x989-10-x [Gb7-9] x9898x
[Bm7] 797777 [Bm9] 797779
[Dbm7-5] 8x887x [B6/Ab] xx6877
Fm7 x8-10-898 Gbm7* x9-11-9-10-9
B7+5add9 7x7889 B7+5-9 7x7888 B7+5 7x7887
lick 1
[Emadd9] [Em+7] [Amadd9] [Am+7]
| / / / | / / / |
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--7-6-5-4-------|--1-----1-------|
G|--4-----4-------|--4-3-2-1-------|
D|--5-----5-------|--2-----2-------|
A|----------------|0-------0-------|
E|0-------0-------|----------------|
lick 2
[Em] [Em+5] [Em6] [Em7]
| / / / | / / / |
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--2---2---3---3-|--4---4---5---5-|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
Intro
(lick1) Gb7-9-5 Gb7-9+5 Gb7-9-5 B-5
Verse 1
[Em] [Em+5] [Em6] [Em7]
Now you say you're lonely
[Am7] [D7sus4] [D7] [Gmaj7] [G6] [Gbm7] [B7]
You cried the long night through
Chorus
[E7sus4] [E7]
Well, you can cry me a river
[Bb9] [A9] A9add6 [A9+5] [A9]
Cry me a riv er
[Am7] [D9] [Gmaj7] [Gbm7-5] [B7]*
I cried a river over you
Verse 2
[Em] [Em+5] [Em6] [Em7]
Now you say you're sorry
[Am7] [D7sus4] [D7] [Gmaj7] [G6] [Gbm7] [B7]
For being so untrue
Chorus
[E7sus4] [E7]
Well, you can cry me a river
[Bb9] [A9] A9add6 [A9+5] [A9]
Cry me a riv er
[Am7] [D9] [Am7] [Gb7+9] [Gb7-9]
I cried a river over you
Bridge
[Bm7] [Bm9] [Bm7]
You drove me, nearly drove me
[Dbm7-5] [Gb7+9] [Gb7-9]
Out of my head
[Bm7] [Bm9] [Bm7] [Dbm7-5] [Gb7+9] [Gb7-9]
While you never shed a tear
[Bm7] [Bm9] [Bm7]
Remember, I remember
[Dbm7-5] [Gb7+9] [Gb7-9]
All that you said
[B6/Ab] [B6/Ab]
Told me love was too plebeian
[Fm7] [Gbm7]* [B7]* B7+5add9 [B7+5-9] [B7+5]
Told me you were through with me and
Verse 3
(play the next 4 chords using lick 2)
[Em] [Em+5] [Em6] [Em7]
now you say you love me
[Am7] [D7sus4] [D7] [Gmaj7] [G6] [Gbm7] [B7]
Well, just to prove you do
Chorus
[E7sus4] [E7]
Come on and cry me a river
[Bb9] [A9] A9add6 [A9+5] [A9]
Cry me a riv er
[Am7] [D9] [Am7] [D7]
I cried a river over you
(lick 1)
Outro
[Am7] [D9] [Gmaj7] [G6]
I cried a river over you
(repeat to fade or end on Gmaj7)
