When a Man Cries Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When a child cries[Dm] the[Am]
[F]tears [Dm]rise [Am]quickly
Spill [F]hot and prickly [Dm]down [F]the
reddened [Am]cheeks[E]
Just to [Am]leave [F]as quickly as they cam[G]e
And [Em]peace re[G]turns [F]again
[Am]When

[Verse 2]
a child cries you know about it
They [F]scream and shout until the
hurt is [Esus4]gone[E][Esus4][E]
Like a [Am]shower of [F]rain that for a mo[G]ment
[E]Hides away the [Am]sun
But [A]when a

[Verse 3]
[Dm]man cries it's
choked and throttled
[Bb]It's all been bottled up for far
[Asus4]to long[A]
And when [Dm]at last [Bb]the pressure
cooker [C]blows
It's [Am]hard to stem the [Bb]flow[C]

[Verse 4]
When a [Dm]man cries his b[F]ody shakes
And his [Bdim]eyeballs ache
And his [Bb]mind vibrates
But [Dm]he doesn't make a [G#dim]sound
Don't [Gm]wanna wake the [C]house now
[F]

[Verse 5]
Well the reasons [Bb]are vague
and hard to put [F]in words
Just a [Am]dull ab[Bb]stract ache,
don't [Gm]wanna [C]worry her
She would [G#]only ask what's [C#]wrong
[G#]and I'd try to say
Then she'd [Cm]take all my [C#]pain
and [Eb]explain it [Fm]away
But [E]who can explain why [Am]a man cries

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Adim][F][Am][Asus4][Bm]
[E][Am][F][G][Em][F][Dm][F][Am][F][Dm][Bdim][E]
When a [Am]man

[Verse 6]
cries [C]he cries [G]alone
[C]And f[Am]or just a[D] moment
[Am]he's [F]back at home
[Am]Cradled in his mother's [Adim]arms[Ebdim]
[Dm]Free from [F]guilt and [G]safe [E]from har[Am]m