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Song title:      I Cried For You
Original Album:	 Piece By Piece

Words and Music by Katie Melua
Copyright © 2005 Melua Music Ltd.
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Tuning is Low Tune (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) if you want to play along.
Chords and tab are relative to tuning.


INTRO:

  A                                 G
|---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-----0-------0-----------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------0-------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  D               E                 A
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-----------1-------|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                                You're



VERSE1:

  A                                 G
|---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-----0-------0-----------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------0-------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 G
  beautiful   so  si -lently, it    lies beneath the shade of blue, it



  D               E                 A
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-----------1-------|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D               E                 A
  struck me   so  violently   when  I looked at you.            But



  A                                 G
|---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-----0-------0-----------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------0-------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 G
  others pass, they never pause to  feel that magic in your hand. To



  D               E                 A
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------2-----0h2-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-----------1-------|---------2-----0h2-------2-------|
|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D                E                A
  me you're like a wild rose, they  never   un -der-stand   why



CHORUS:

  A5  A       Asus2   A      Asus4  Bm9             Bm7 Bm9     Bm7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------0-------2---3-2-|---------2-------0-------2---3---|
|---------2-------2-------2---2---|---------2-------2-------2---2---|
|-2---2-------2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
|-0---0---------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                    Bm9
          I     cried for you when the sky  cried   for you



  E               E6      E7        A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-------2-------3-------|---------2-------0h2---------2---|
|---------1-------1-------1-------|---------2-----------2-----------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-----------2-------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                 A
    And when you went,              drifter
              I became a hopeless



  A5  A       Asus2   A      Asus4  Bm9             Bm7 Bm9     Bm7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------0-------2---3-2-|---------2-------0-------2---3---|
|---------2-------2-------2---2---|---------2-------2-------2---2---|
|-2---2-------2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
|-0---0---------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 Bm9
    But this life was not for you,      though I learned from you



  E               E6      E7        A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-------2-------3-------|---------2-------0h2---------2---|
|---------1-------1-------1-------|---------2-----------2-----------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-----------2-------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| E                                 A
      That beauty need only be a    whisper



VERSE2:

  A                                 G
|---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-----0-------0-----------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------0-------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 G
      I'll cross the seas for a     different world.        With your



  D               E                 A
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-----------1-------|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D               E                 A
  treasure,   a   secret  for       me  to  hold



  A                                 G
|---------------------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
|---------2---------------2-------|-----0-------0-----------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------------------0-------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 G
    In years they may, forget this  love of ours or that we met. They



  D               E                 A
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-----------1-------|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D                E                 A
  may not know how much you meant to me



[repeat CHORUS]



BRIDGE:

  Bm              E                 A               E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------3---------------0-------|---------14--------------9-------|
|---------4---------------1-------|---------14--------------9-------|
|-----4-------4-------2-----------|-----14------14------9-------9---|
|-2-------------------------------|-12--------------7---------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Bm              E                 A               E
     Without you, now, I  see how   fragile     the world   can



  D                                 Bm              E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------7-------7-------7-------|---------3---------------0-------|
|---------7-------7-------7-------|---------4---------------1-------|
|-----7-------7-------7-----------|-----4-------4-------2-------2---|
|-5-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  D                                 Bm                E
  be                                And I know you've gone away but 



  A               E                 D
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------14--------------9-------|---------7-------7-------7-------|
|---------14--------------9-------|---------7-------7-------7-------|
|-----14------14------9-------9---|-----7-------7-------7-------7---|
|-12--------------7---------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                  E              D
  in my heart you'll always stay_________________________________



  A
|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

  _____




CHORUS:

  A5  A       Asus2   A      Asus4  Bm9             Bm7 Bm9     Bm7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------0-------2---3-2-|---------2-------0-------2---3---|
|---------2-------2-------2---2---|---------2-------2-------2---2---|
|-2---2-------2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
|-0---0---------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 Bm9
          I       cried   for you     when the sky  cried   for you



  E               E6      E7        A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-------2-------3-------|---------2-------0h2---------2---|
|---------1-------1-------1-------|---------2-----------2-----------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-----------2-------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                 A
    And when you went,              drifter
              I became a hopeless



  A5  A       Asus2   A      Asus4  Bm9             Bm7 Bm9     Bm7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-------0-------2---3-2-|---------2-------0-------2---3---|
|---------2-------2-------2---2---|---------2-------2-------2---2---|
|-2---2-------2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
|-0---0---------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 Bm9
    But this life was not for you,      though I learned from you



  E               E6      E7        A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0-------2-------3-------|---------2-------0h2---------2---|
|---------1-------1-------1-------|---------2-----------2-----------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-----------2-------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| E                                 A
    That beauty   need only be a    whisper                     That



  E               E6      E7        A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------3-------|---------2-------2-------0-------|
|---------1---------------1-------|---------2-------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
|-----------------2---------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                 A
  beauty,   need only be a          whisper


[end on arpeggiated A (x02220)]