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Cry Tough

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[Intro]
   E     E     F#m7     Asus2x4
[Verse 1]
  ERemember the nights we sat
And Atalked about all our Bdreams
  EWell, little did we know then
They were more Adistant than they Bseemed
[Pre-Chorus 1]
WellF#m, I knew it
  AAnd you knew it Etoo
The things we'd go through
WellF#m, we knew the Athings we had to Bdo
To make it, baby
[Chorus]
  EYou gotta cry F#mtough
Out on the Astreets
To make Byour dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry F#mout
Out to the Aworld
To make them Ball come trueE  
[Verse 2]
  ELife ain't no easy ride
At Aleast that's what I'm Btold
  ESometimes a rainbow, baby
Is Abetter than a pot of Bgold
[Pre-Chorus 2]
WellF#m, you've got to Astick it out
EWhether you're wrong or right
F#mAnd you can't give Ain without a Bfight
To make it, baby
[Chorus]
  EYou gotta cry F#mtough
Out on the Astreets
To make Byour dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry F#mout
Out to the Aworld
To make them Ball come true
[Bridge]
    C#mYou gotta aim high, C#mbabyB  
AWhether you lose or winA  E/G#  
  F#mAnd when you get to the top
You Bgotta get off or go right back down again
[Solo]
   E     F#m     A     Bx2
[Chorus]
  EYou gotta cry Etough
Out on the F#m7streets
To make Asus2your dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry Eout
Out to the F#m7world
To make them Asus2all come true
  EYou gotta cry F#mtough
Out on the Astreets
To make Byour dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry F#mout
Out to the Aworld
To make them Ball come true
  EYou gotta cry F#mtough
Out on the Astreets
To make Byour dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry F#mout
Out to the Aworld
To make them Ball come true
  EYou gotta cry F#mtough
Out on the Astreets
To make Byour dreams happen
  EYou gotta cry F#mout
Out to the Aworld
To make them Ball come true
(fade out)

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Cry Tough

by Poison

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m7

Asus2

F#m

C#m

E/G#

[Intro]

E E F#m7 Asus2

[Verse 1]

Remember the nights we sat

A B

And talked about all our dreams

Well, little did we know then

A B

They were more distant than they seemed

[Pre-Chorus 1]

F#m

Well, I knew it

A E

And you knew it too

The things we'd go through

F#m A B

Well, we knew the things we had to do

To make it, baby

[Chorus]

E F#m

You gotta cry tough

Out on the streets

To make your dreams happen

E F#m

You gotta cry out

Out to the world

B E

To make them all come true

[Verse 2]

Life ain't no easy ride

A B

At least that's what I'm told

Sometimes a rainbow, baby

A B

Is better than a pot of gold

[Pre-Chorus 2]

F#m A

Well, you've got to stick it out

Whether you're wrong or right

F#m A B

And you can't give in without a fight

To make it, baby

[Chorus]

E F#m

You gotta cry tough

Out on the streets

To make your dreams happen

E F#m

You gotta cry out

Out to the world

To make them all come true

[Bridge]

C#m C#m B

You gotta aim high, baby

A A E/G#

Whether you lose or win

F#m

And when you get to the top

You gotta get off or go right back down again

[Solo]

E F#m A B

[Chorus]

E E

You gotta cry tough

F#m7

Out on the streets

Asus2

To make your dreams happen

E E

You gotta cry out

F#m7

Out to the world

Asus2

To make them all come true

E F#m

You gotta cry tough

Out on the streets

To make your dreams happen

E F#m

You gotta cry out

Out to the world

To make them all come true

E F#m

You gotta cry tough

Out on the streets

To make your dreams happen

E F#m

You gotta cry out

Out to the world

To make them all come true

E F#m

You gotta cry tough

Out on the streets

To make your dreams happen

E F#m

You gotta cry out

Out to the world

To make them all come true

(fade out)

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