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[Intro]
G Am D
G(pAmausDe)
[Verse 1]
GI neBmed you
SimplFe words
But wEmords which had Dnever been heaGrd
By the sBmoul
Stoned to Fdeath
But Emstill liviDng
[Chorus]
  BbAnd Cmso he frozFe where he sBbtood
And he Cmlooked to thFe ground
And Fmhe crCmied
 FmHe crCmiedBb  Ab  
Am D
[Verse 2]
GRide oBmur minds
If you Fmust
But there's aEmlways a line Dyou don't croGss
Time is sBmhort
Don't Fbe cruel
Oh yEmou don't Dknow the powCer
In Bmwhat you're saAmying
COh--Bmoh--Amoh D...
[Chorus]
 BbAnd sCmo he fFroze where he Bbstood
And he lCmooked to the gFround
And Fmhe crCmied
 FmHe cCmrieBbdAb  
Am D
[Instrumental]
G Am D
G Am D
Dm Am
Dm Am G F D
[Verse 3]
GPeople wBmhere
I come Ffrom
They survEmive without fDeelings or blGood
I never cBmould
Was stonFed to death
But I'm Emstill liviDng
[Chorus]
SBbo he fCmroze Fwhere he stood
And he looked Bbto the groundCm  
 FAnd Fmhe cCmried
 FmHe cCmrieBbdAb  
So he fBbroze
WhCmere he Fstood
And he looked, and he lBbooked
To the grCmoundF  
And Fmhe crCmied
 FmHe crCmiedBb  Ab  
[Outro]
Am D G

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He Cried

by Morrissey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G Am D

(pause)

[Verse 1]

G Bm

I need you

Simple words

Em D G

But words which had never been heard

By the soul

Stoned to death

Em D

But still living

[Chorus]

Bb Cm F Bb

And so he froze where he stood

Cm F

And he looked to the ground

Fm Cm

And he cried

Fm Cm Bb Ab

He cried

Am D

[Verse 2]

G Bm

Ride our minds

If you must

Em D G

But there's always a line you don't cross

Time is short

Don't be cruel

Em D C

Oh you don't know the power

Bm Am

In what you're saying

C Bm Am D

Oh--oh--oh ...

[Chorus]

Bb Cm F Bb

And so he froze where he stood

Cm F

And he looked to the ground

Fm Cm

And he cried

Fm Cm Bb Ab

He cried

Am D

[Instrumental]

G Am D

Dm Am

Dm Am G F D

[Verse 3]

G Bm

People where

I come from

Em D G

They survive without feelings or blood

I never could

Was stoned to death

Em D

But I'm still living

[Chorus]

Bb Cm F

So he froze where he stood

Bb Cm

And he looked to the ground

F Fm Cm

And he cried

Fm Cm Bb Ab

He cried

So he froze

Cm F

Where he stood

And he looked, and he looked

Cm F

To the ground

Fm Cm

And he cried

Fm Cm Bb Ab

He cried

[Outro]

Am D G

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