Josh Ritter - Cry Softly

      CRY SOFTLY
Josh Ritter

This is an as-yet unreleased song Josh played in St. Louis at the Pageant.
One or two of the lyrics are just guesses at this point.  Believe he even mentioned
it is a work in progress. Took this from a recording at Infinity Hall in Norwalk, CT
from June 2014.

CAPO 4

[CHORDS]
C/G (332010)
F (133211)
G (320003)

[Intro]

C/G  F  G  C/G


[Verse]

         C/G                     F
Sometimes happy ever after ain’t always ever after
    G                            C/G
You promised me forever then you ran off with a dancer
         C/G
Now it’s good to see you back here
       F
But I’m on to greener pastures
    G                     C/G
And if you gotta cry, cry softly


[Chorus]

     F           C/G
Cry softly, real quietly
     G           C/G
Your tears are unsightly
            F                  C/G
There’s the front door, thanks awfully
G                     C/G
If you gotta cry, cry softly


[Verse]

               C/G
This ain’t the first time that you left me
       F
Remember Reno, Taos  and Tempe
         G                           C/G
Remember Carlsbad, El Paso and that second time in Tempe
            C/G
Yeah you’ve pulled a lot of fast ones
         F 
But this last one is your last one
     G                       C/G
And if you’ve gotta cry, cry softly


[Chorus]

     F           C/G
Cry softly, real quietly
     G           C/G
Your tears are unsightly
            F                  C/G
There’s the front door, thanks awfully
G                     C/G
If you gotta cry, cry softly


[Break]

F   C/G  G  C/G  F  C/G  G  C/G


[Verse]
     C/G
Well heaven needs a hell
F
Liberty a bell
        G
Up 'til now I thought that feeling bad
      C/G
Meant things were going well
    C/G
Now things are going great
    F
But honey babe it's late
   G                     C/G
So if you gotta cry, cry softly

[Verse]

  C/G
I admit since you’ve been gone
              F
I’ve done my share of moving on
               G
There’s been a lot of warm embracing
        C/G
Whiskey chasing vodka blondes
   C/G
Oh honey babe I'm beat
      F
And I need a little sleep
    G                     C/G
And if you gotta cry, cry softly


[Chorus]

     F           C/G
Cry softly, real quietly
     G           C/G
Your tears are unsightly
            F                  C/G
There’s the front door, thanks awfully
G                     
And if you gotta cry, cry
G
If you gotta cry, cry
G                      C/G
If you gotta cry, cry softly


[Outro]

F  C/G  G  C/G