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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":15840,"song":"Man Who Couldnt Cry","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/15840-man-who-couldnt-cry-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/15840?type=chord","rating":4.57016,"votes":76,"content":"The Man Who Couldn't Cry\r\nWritten by Loudon Wainwright III\r\nPublished by Snowden Music ASCAP\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                    \r\nThere once was a man who just couldn't cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe hadn't cried for years and for years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nNapalmed babies and the movie \"Love Story\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nFor instance could not produce tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nAs a child he had cried as all children will[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen at some point his tear ducts ran dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                   \r\nHe grew to be a man, it all hit the fan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThings got bad, but he couldn't cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis dog was run over, his wife up and left him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd after that he got sacked from his job[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, but sill not a sniffle or sob[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis novel was refused, his movie was panned[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his big Broadway show was a flop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe got sent off to jail;  you guessed it, no bail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, but still not a dribble or drop[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd made to make license plates[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWater and bread was all he was fed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut not once did a tear stain his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDoctors were called in, scientists, too[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheologians were last and practically least[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey all agreed sure enough; this was sure no cream puff[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut in fact an insensitive beast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was removed from jail and placed in a place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the insensitive and the insane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe made a lot of friends and played a lot of chess[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he wept every time it would rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce it rained forty days and it rained forty nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the forty-first day, he passed away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe just dehydrated and died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he went up to heaven, located his dog[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot only that, but he rejoined his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown below, all the critics, they loot it all back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCancer robbed the whore of her charm[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe theologians were finally found out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRight down to the ground, that old jail house burned down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe earth suffered perpetual drought[/tab]","plain_text":"The Man Who Couldn't Cry\nWritten by Loudon Wainwright III\nPublished by Snowden Music ASCAP\n\nD","chords":["D","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}