Beyonce - All I Could Do Was Cry Chords & Tabs

 

All I Could Do Was Cry Chords & Tabs

Beyonce Chords & Tabs

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All I Could Do Was Cry Chords

   
All I Could Do Was Cry - Beyonce (as performed in Cadillac Records)

Fingerpick and listen for timing at end of verse 2.
All chords barred (i.e. A=577655 not x02220).

Intro (play full chords)
A          F#m         Bm              E7

VERSE 1

I heard 
e|-------5--------------------------------
B|-----5---5-------9-----9-------------------
G|---6-------6---9-----9----------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -0-----------------7---------------------  
E |-------------7--------------------------
        A                        Bmin      E7
Church bells ring
e|-------5-----------5---------------------
B|-----5---5-------5---5---------------------
G|---6-------6---6-------6--------------------
D|-------------5--------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
       A                         A7
I heard 
e|-------5-----------7---------------------
B|-----7---7-------9---9---------------------
G|---7-------7---9-------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7---------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
       D                          E7
A choir singing
e|-------5-----------5---------------------
B|-----5---5-------5---5---------------------
G|---6-------6---6-------5--------------------
D|-------------5--------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
        A                        A7
I saw my love
e|-------5-----------7---------------------
B|-----7---7-------9---9---------------------
G|---7-------7---9-------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7---------------------------  
E |--------------------------------------- 
       D                         E7
Walk down, The aisle
e|-------5-----------2---------------------
B|-----5---5-------2---2---------------------
G|---6-------5---2-------2--------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |-------------2--------------------------
       A                         F#m
On her finger, He placed a ring
e|-------7-----------7------7----------------
B|-----7---7-------7---7----9------------------
G|---8-------8---8-------8--7-------------------
D|--------------------------9--------------
A| --------------------------7--------------  
E |-7-----------7---------------------------
       B7                       B7                          E7
Oooh, oh (no chords)

VERSE 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beyonce/all_i_could_do_was_cry_crd.html ]
I saw them 
e|-------5--------------------------------
B|-----5---5-------9-----9-------------------
G|---6-------6---9-----9----------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -0-----------------7---------------------  
E |-------------7--------------------------
        A                        Bmin     E7
Holding hands
e|-------5-----------5---------------------
B|-----5---5-------5---5---------------------
G|---6-------6---6-------6--------------------
D|-------------5--------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
       A                         A7
She was standing there 
e|-------5-----------7---------------------
B|-----7---7-------9---9---------------------
G|---7-------7---9-------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7---------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
        D                         E7
With my man
e|-------5-----------5---------------------
B|-----5---5-------5---5---------------------
G|---6-------6---6-------6--------------------
D|-------------5--------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
        A                        A7
I heard Them promise
e|-------5-----------7---------------------
B|-----7---7-------9---9---------------------
G|---7-------7---9-------9--------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7---------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
       D                         E7
Til death do us
e|-------5--------------------------------
B|-----5---5-------------------------------
G|---6-------6------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A| -0--------------------------------------  
E |---------------------------------------
        A
         part,    Each word was a pain    In my heart                    All...
e|---------------------5--7---5-------------5---------
B|---7--6--5--2--------3--7---5-------------5--------
G|---6--7--6--2--------4--7---6--x6---------6--x6---
D|---7--7--7--2--------2--6---7-------------5-------
A| ----------------------------7-------------7----------  
E |----------------------------5-------------5----------
   Dmaj7 Dmin  A    A         E7sus4 E9      A                             A7

CHORUS

      All          i could do                      was cry
e|-------5-----------7-----------5-----------5-----
B|-----7---7-------9---9-------5---5-------5---5---
G|---7-------7---9-------9---6-------6---6-------5--
D|--------------------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7-----------0-----------0------------
E |-------------------------------------------------
        D                        E7                        A                          A
      All          i could do                      was cry
e|-------5-----------7-----------5-----------5--
B|-----7---7-------9---9-------5---5-------5---5-
G|---7-------7---9-------9---6-------6---6-------5-
D|-------------------------------------5----------
A| -5-----------7-----------0----------------------
E |------------------------------------------------
       D                         E7                        A                         A7
       I was                 losing               the man   that i love
e|-------5-----------7-----------5-----------2-----
B|-----7---7-------9---9-------5---5-------2---2---
G|---7-------7---9-------9---6-------6---2-------2--
D|--------------------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7-----------0------------------------
E |-------------------------------------2-----------
       D                        E7                         A                        F#min
    And all I could do              Was cry
e|-------5-----------7-----------5-----------5-----
B|-----7---7-------9---9-------5---5-------5---5---
G|---7-------7---9-------9---6-------6---6-------5--
D|--------------------------------------------------
A| -5-----------7-----------0-----------0------------
E |-------------------------------------------------
        D                         E7                        A                         A

VERSE 3 (Same music as verse 2)

And now 
The wedding 
Is over
Rice, rice 
Has been 
Thrown over 
Their heads
For them life 
Has just begun
But mine 
Is ending

Ooh

CHORUS
All i could do 
Was cry
All i could do 
Was cry
I was losing 
The man 
That i love
And all 
I could do 
Was cry