The Who - Cry If You Want: chords

A
Once it was just innocence
Brash ideas and insolence
     G                     D
But you will never get away
                     A
With the things you say today
          G D        A G D
But you cry  if you want
 A
Don't you get embarrassed when you
                              D
read the precious things you said
 A                                           D
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
 A                       D
No one ever shared your bed
 A                        D
Nothing ever filled your head
   A                        D
Except yourself and little Ted
      A                         D
And scary dreams that you were dead
 D
Don't you want to hide your face
      C
When going through your teenage looks
 D
Read the kind of crap you wrote
       C
About ban the bomb and city crooks
  D
Think about how long it took
    C
To get over that sudden yuk
     D
When in the mirror you would look
      C
Well now my son you're well in stook

Chorus:
  A
Cry if you want
G D
Cry if you want
  A
Cry if you want
G D
Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
Cry if you want
A
Cry if you want
G D
Cry if you want

Didn't you wrath in anger when
you saw the man in his big car
Didn't you drive a banger and
a gallon didn't get you far
Should have been a famous star
But that ain't what you really are
You could shout your last hurrah
While they are propping up the bar
Maybe things were better then
Before you led a promised life
Rash commitments and heavy raps
and left wing spiel all compromised
You fall in love with other's wives
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
Angry 'cause you lost the prize
Forgot the color of their eyes

Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Cry if you want

A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go
A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go
A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go
A7       A7sus4
Let your tears flow
A7       A7sus4
Let your past go

Don't you get embarrassed when
you think about the way you were
Yesterday the day before when
you were young with much to learn
Aren't you glad it's your last term
No more acting lowly worm
You can make the suckers squirm
When you tell them how much you earn
Don't you feel ashamed at all
the bitterness you feel inside
Does your ego save your face
"I had a go - I really tried"
Now you know your leaders lied
Does it stop you acting snide
Or are you still a boy that cried
Tears now surely long since dried

Chorus