The Man Who Couldn't Cry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F][C][G][Gsus4][G]

[Verse 1]
There once was [G]a man
[F]who just couldn't cry[C]
He hadn't cried for years and for
[G]years[Gsus4][G]
Napalmed babies [F]and
the movie love [C]story
For instance could not pro[G]duce tears
[D]As a child he [C]had cri[G]ed as
all children [F]will
Then at some point his tear [G]ducts ran dry
He grew to be a man,
[F]the feces hit the fan
Things [C]got bad,
but he could[G]n't cry
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 2]
His dog was run over,
[F]his wife up and left him
[C]And after that he got sacked
[G]from his [Gsus4]job[G]
Lost his arm in the war,
[F]was laughed at by a w[C]hore
Ah, but sill not a sniffle [G]or sob
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]
His novel [C]was refused,
[G]his movie was [Gsus4]panned[G][F]
And his big Broadway show
[G]was a flop
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 4]
He got sent off [F]to jail; you guessed it,
no [C]bail
Oh, but still not a dribble [G]or drop
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 5]
In jail he was beaten,
[F]bullied and[C] buggered
And made to make license
[G]pla[Gsus4]tes[G]
Water and [F]bread was all he was [C]fed
But not once did [G]a tear stain
his [Gsus4]face
[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]
Doctor[C]s were called [Gsus4]in,
[G]scientists, too[F]
Theologians were last and
practically least
[G]

[Verse 7]
They all agreed [F]sure enough; this
was sure no cream [C]puff
But in fact an insensit[G]ive beast

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][G]
[Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][F][C]
[G][Gsus4][G]

[Verse 8]
He was removed from [G]jail[F]
and placed in [C]a place
For the insensitive and the
[G]insane[Gsus4][G]
He played lots of [F]chess and
made lots of [C]friends
And he wept every time it
[G]would rain
[Gsus4]

[Verse 9]
[G]
Once [D]it rained forty [C]days [G]and
it rained forty [F]nights
And he cried and he cried and
he cried and [G]he cried
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 10]
On the forty-first day, day,
[F]he passed awa[C]y
He just dehydrated [G]and died

[Interlude 2]
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 11]
Well, he went up to [G]heaven,
[F]located his dog[C]
Not only that,
but he rejoined [G]his [Gsus4]arm[G]
Down below, all the critics,
[F]they loot it all bac[C]k
Cancer robbed the [G]whore of her charm

[Verse 12]
[D]His ex-wife died died of [C]stretch marks,
his [Gsus4]ex-employer [G]went went [F]broke
The theologians were finally
[G]found out
[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 13]
Right down to the ground,
[F]that old jail house burned dow[C]n
The earth suffered perpetu[G]al [Gsus4]drought

[Outro 1]
[G]
[Gsus4][G][F][C][G][Gsus4]
[G][Gsus4][G][F][C][G]