Rocks Won’t Cry by Shane Barnard
from Rocks Won’t Cry
words and music by Shane Barnard
Awakening Records
copyright (c) 1999
www.shanebarnard.com
www.awakeningrecords.com

“Rocks Won’t Cry”

There's not much of a bass part for this song, but if you want to play along,
then use this tab.  The best part is a little tag near the end of the song.
This is my frist tab, so please e-mail me with some
suggestions of how to make it better next time.

Intro (start with guitar downstrum after two bars of the shaker):
G|-------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------2--4--------------------2--4--
A|-2--1--------4>-----------2--1-------4>----------
E|-------4--2--------------------4--2--------------

Verse ("I bow down..."):
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------2--4--------------------2--4--------------------2--4-
A|-2--1--------4>----------2--1--------4>----------2--1--------4>---------
E|-------4--2--------------------4--2--------------------4--2-------------


Chorus ("Because I cry...")
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|-------------2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2---4-
E|-2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2--2--------------
                                                  ^ ..."I cry out"

Verse again:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------2--4--------------------2--4--------------------2--4-
A|-2--1--------4>----------2--1--------4>----------2--1--------4>---------
E|-------4--2--------------------4--2--------------------4--2-------------

Chorus 2:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2--2------------------
E|-2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2--2--------------2>--------------
                                                    "Lord, I cry..."

Ending:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2--2-------------
E|-2--2--2--2---------------2--2--2--2--------------2--2--2--2-

G|-------2h4-2-0------------------------------------
D|---------------2-0--------------------------------
A|-2--2--------------2-0-------------2--2--2--2-----
E|-----------------------2--2--2--2--------------2=>
                                                 end on F#


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