E
When your baby leaves you all alone
A E
.And nobody calls you on the phone
B7
Doncha feel like ^crying?
E
Doncha feel like crying?
B7 E
Well, here I'am honey, c'.mon, you cry to me
N.C. E
When you're all alone in your lonely room
A E
And there's .nothing but the smell of her perfume
B7
Doncha feel like crying?
E
Doncha feel like crying?
B7 E
Well, here I'am honey, c'.mon, you cry to me
A E
Woa oh, nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone
B7 E E7
Loneliness loneliness, such a waste of time oh yeah
A E
You don't ever have to walk alone, you see
B7 E
c'mon take my hand baby won't you walk with me
E
When you're waiting for a voice to come
A E
In the ni-ght the-re is no one
B7
Doncha feel like crying?
E
Doncha feel like crying?
B7 E
Don't ya feel like cry-cry-crying. . . . .
(Cry to me, cry to me)
B7 E
Don't ya feel like cry-cry-crying . . . . . .
(Cry to me)
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\"Cry to Me\" is a song written by Bert Berns (listed as \"Bert Russell\") and first recorded by American soul singer Solomon Burke in 1961. Released in 1962, it was Burke's second single to appear in both Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides and Hot 100 singles charts. Several other artists recorded the song, including Betty Harris (1963), the Pretty Things (1965), the Rolling Stones (1965), Freddie Scott (1967), Tom Petty (1979), Precious Wilson (1980), Marc Broussard (2016), and IDLES (2018).
On December 6, 1961 Burke recorded one of his best known songs, \"Cry to Me\", \"an ode to loneliness and desire\" \"one of the first songs to unify country, gospel and R&B in one package\", that is considered \"the paradigm for Southern soul ballads.\"
