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The Sound of Crying - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Sound of Crying (1992)
(McAloon)
From: "The Sound of Crying" [Single]
Now on various Greatest Hits collections
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capo: 1st fret
play: C
sounds: C# / Db
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
Dm9 x-x-0-2-1-0
G/A x-0-5-4-3-x
Fmaj7 1-x-2-2-1-0
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INTRO
| Cmaj7 | Dm9 | % | % |
| Cmaj7 | Dm9 | % | % |
VERSE
Cmaj7 Dm9
Hang out the flags a new world order's on the way
Cmaj7 Dm9
Start singing now a song to greet the joyful day
BRIDGE
G/A Fmaj7
Just when we thought the time was right for celebrating
Dm9
With music of the spheres
Fmaj7
What's this - another boat of fleeing refugees on
Dm9
A sea of children's tears
CHORUS
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
VERSE
Cmaj7 Dm9
We're only men and women doing what we can
Cmaj7 Dm9
Sometimes I think that God is working to a plan
BRIDGE
G/A Fmaj7
Then other times I swear that he is improvising
Dm9
Discordant and remote
Fmaj7
Another orphan baby in failed uprising
Dm9
Another real bum note
CHORUS
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
MIDDLE 8
Cmaj7 Dm7
And if you're listening up there
Cmaj7 Dm7
You could consider this a prayer
BRIDGE
G/A Fmaj7
Well who am I to tell you how to run your business
Dm9
Man, you could strike me blind
Fmaj7
What kind of noise we gotta make down here before we
Dm9
Destroy your peace of mind
CHORUS (outro)
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
G Am
Once more the sound of crying
Dm7
Is number one across the earth
[vocals ad lib and fade]
