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Why Should I Cry

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Why Should I Cry:The Gentrys.
#61 on BB Hot 100 on SUN Records
in 1970.
INTRO: F#  
F#Sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..G#m7sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..
la..
F#Sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..G#m7sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..
la..
#1.
F#It really Dbhurts me, now, G#m7when I start to Dbthink
about you.
F#Oh, how it Dbhurts me, now..G#m7knowing I have to Dblive
without you.F#  
CHORUS:
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said that you Dbreally
loved me.
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said you'd be Dbwaiting
for me.
#2.
F#I can reDbmember when we G#m7walked along Dbholding hands, now.
F#Our favorite Dbsongs back then, I still G#m7play at home but
I'm Dball alone, now.
CHORUS:
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said that you Dbreally
loved me.
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said you'd be Dbwaiting
for me.
CHORUS:
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said that you Dbreally
loved me.
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said you'd be Dbwaiting
for me.
CHORUS:
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said that you Dbreally
loved me.
F#But why should I Dbcry..G#m7you never said you'd be Dbwaiting
for me.
OUTRO:
F#Sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..G#m7sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..
la..
F#Sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..G#m7sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..
F#Sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..G#m7sha-la-la-la-Dbla-la-la..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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