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From: hhuang@husc.harvard.edu
Subject: Guns N Roses, "Don't Cry"
This is the main guitar line. It, or minor variations of it, repeats
throughout the song.
Am Dm G
E |-------0-------------1---------------3-----------------------|
B |---------1---------3---3---------------3---------------------|
G |-----2-----2-----2-------2---------0-----0-------0-----0-----|
D |---2---------0-0-----------------0-------------0-----0-------|
A |-0-------------------------0---2-----------0-3-----2-----3-2-|
E |-----------------------------3-------------------------------|
The chorus is basically:
F G Am
And, according to Guitar for the Practicing Musician, the loud
distorted chords in the middle of the song are:
C5 G/B A5 G5 F5 G5 A5
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From: t-gavgre@microsoft.com (Gavin Gregan)
Through the co-operation of gavin & Mark
Here's the music:
DON'T CRY - GNR
Intro:
N.C. Am Dm G G/B (C)
----------0------------1----------------3------------------------
-----------1----------3-3----------------3-----------------
--------2----2------2-----2-----------0----0------------0-------0-----
------2---------0-0-----------------0-----------------0-------0-----
----0-------------------------0---2-------------0---3-------2-----3-2-0-
-3------------------------------3---------------------------------------
|____________________________________________________________________|
Main Riff
|__|
Only in intro
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
D---------------------------------2-------
""""""'Scratch that above'""""""""""""""
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
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---------0------------
-------0------------2
-----2--------------0-
---3-------2--3--4-----
Song:
Intro
riff played four times
chorus:
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
Am----------------------.
I still love you baby
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
F F G G C
Don't you cry tonight
C C
There's a heaven above you baby
F F G G Am
And Don't you cry tonight
riff at end of verse 1
----------------------------------------
--------0--0/1------------
-----2----------2-------
--2------------2-----
--------------------------
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Loud part in middle of song:
C G A G F G A AAAAA
solo (not posted)
verse 3
( verse 2 follows riff at end of verse one)
song ends on :
------0----------
------1--------------
------0----------
------0/2------
------3-------
------0----
Thanks, Mark.
First version by Gavin Gregan
Corrections (appreciated ) by Mark Bober
(
geocities.com/sunsetstrip/vine) (
geocities.com/sunsetstrip)