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[Intro]
Am Em
[Verse 1]
  CI'm such Da fool
I'm so naive
My foolish Emhopes
They blinded Cme
I thought that Dyou'd
Be there for me
But now I sAmee
You'll never be
[Pre-Chorus]
 CI thought that you would Dstay
But I was wrong, wrong, Emwrong
 CWhen I needed Dyou
You were gone, gone, Emgone
 CAnd when the truth Dhurt
You would lie, lie, Emlie
 CAnd when you got Dscared
You would AcrDyEm  
[Chorus]
EmCry wolf
Cry Dwolf
EmCry wolf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
CTurn your back and Grun away
When I F#mneeded you to Emstay
You'd cry CwoGlf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
[Verse 2]
CI needed Dhope
I needed you
Falling from the Emsky
Needed a parachCute
I thought I hDad
A friend in you
But when you lAmeave
I never do
[Pre-Chorus]
 CI thought that you would Dstay
But I was wrong, wrong, Emwrong
 CWhen I needed Dyou
You were gone, gone, Emgone
 CAnd when the truth Dhurt
You would lie, lie, Emlie
 CAnd when you got Dscared
You would AcrDyEm  
[Chorus]
EmCry wolf
Cry Dwolf
EmCry wolf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
CTurn your back and Grun away
When I F#mneeded you to Emstay
You'd cry CwoGlf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
[Bridge]
N.C.
Backs against the wall
N.C.
And you chose to back down
N.C.
Gave it all I had
N.C.
But you left without a sound
N.C.
I put my faith in you
N.C.
But you threw it all away
N.C.
I heard you cry wolf
N.C.
But the wolf never came
CBacks against the wall
And you cGhose to back down
AGave it all I had
But you lEmeft without a sound
I pCut my faith in you
But you tGhrew it all away
I heAard you cry wolf
But the wEmolf never came
[Chorus]
EmCry wolf
Cry Dwolf
EmCry wolf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
CTurn your back and Grun away
When I F#mneeded you to Emstay
You'd cry CwoGlf
Cry F#mwolfEm  
[Outro]
Am Em

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Cry Wolf

by Reed Deming

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[Intro]

Am Em

[Verse 1]

C D

I'm such a fool

I'm so naive

My foolish hopes

They blinded me

I thought that you'd

Be there for me

But now I see

You'll never be

[Pre-Chorus]

C D

I thought that you would stay

But I was wrong, wrong, wrong

C D

When I needed you

You were gone, gone, gone

C D

And when the truth hurt

You would lie, lie, lie

C D

And when you got scared

A D Em

You would cry

[Chorus]

Cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

C G

Turn your back and run away

F#m Em

When I needed you to stay

C G

You'd cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

[Verse 2]

C D

I needed hope

I needed you

Falling from the sky

Needed a parachute

I thought I had

A friend in you

But when you leave

I never do

[Pre-Chorus]

C D

I thought that you would stay

But I was wrong, wrong, wrong

C D

When I needed you

You were gone, gone, gone

C D

And when the truth hurt

You would lie, lie, lie

C D

And when you got scared

A D Em

You would cry

[Chorus]

Cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

C G

Turn your back and run away

F#m Em

When I needed you to stay

C G

You'd cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

[Bridge]

N.C.

Backs against the wall

N.C.

And you chose to back down

N.C.

Gave it all I had

N.C.

But you left without a sound

N.C.

I put my faith in you

N.C.

But you threw it all away

N.C.

I heard you cry wolf

N.C.

But the wolf never came

Backs against the wall

And you chose to back down

Gave it all I had

But you left without a sound

I put my faith in you

But you threw it all away

I heard you cry wolf

But the wolf never came

[Chorus]

Cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

C G

Turn your back and run away

F#m Em

When I needed you to stay

C G

You'd cry wolf

F#m Em

Cry wolf

[Outro]

Am Em

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