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Cry Baby Tabs

(ver. 1)
Janis Joplin
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                                    CRY BABY
                           As recorded by Janis Joplin
                           (From the 1971 Album PEARL)

Words and Music by Norman Meade and Bert Russell

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Slowly Q.=57
  D7sus4
 6/8                                           5/8
  Gtr I
   E  E  E  E  E  E    E  Q  +Q.     +H.        +Q.   +Q
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15\----------:----------:------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13\----------:----------:------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14\----------:----------:------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12\-5--(5)---:-(5)------:-(5)---(5)--|
|-------------------|--------------:----------:------------|
|-------------------|--------------:----------:------------|


   Chorus
    $
    C                  F                C
   6/8
                                        TP
    E. S S S E  E  E     E  Q   +Q.     Q.   E  E  E
||--8--8-8-8-8-10-12-|-----13--(13)---|-8----8-10-12-|
||o-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-|----------------|-x----x--x--0-|
||--9--9-9-9-9-10-12-|-/14------------|-9----9-10-12-|
||-------------------|----------------|--------------|
||o------------------|----------------|--------------|
||-------------------|----------------|--------------|


                                                                To Coda
  F                    C                  G               Am
                       TP
    E  E  +E   +Q.     Q.   a  E E a  E   Q.   +Q   S S   Q.   a E E a E
|-----13-(13)-(13)---|-8----8s10-8------|---------------|----------------|
|------0-------------|-x----8s10-8-8s10-|-8----(8)------|----------------|
|-/14----------------|-9-----------7s=9-|-7----(7)----4s|=5----5s7s5-----|
|--------------------|------------------|-------------6s|=7----5s7s5-5s7-|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|------------5s7-|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|


               Verse
  G             C
                       |-3--|
  Q.   E E E     E E E S  S S E E    E E E  E e  E
|------------||--------8----------|----------------|
|------------||------8-8h10p8-----|------8----8-10-|
|------------||----9----------9-7-|----9----9-9--9-|
|-5----5-7-9-||-10----------------|-10-----10------|
|-5----------||-------------------|----------------|
|------------||-------------------|----------------|


  F               G6           F6/G       C
   Q   E  E  Q      E  E  E  S  E.  +E     E E E E E E
|--------13-----|-----15-15-15s13--(13)-|--------8-----|
|-13--------13--|-----17-17-17s15--(15)-|------8---8---|
|---------------|-/16-16-16-16s14--(14)-|----9-------9-|
|-15--15--------|-----------------------|-10-----------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|


  Em            F             G              F6/G
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E   S   S   E E
|-------7-----|-------5-----|------------12s=10---|
|-----8---8---|-----6---6---|---8-----------------|
|---9-------9-|---5-------5-|-0---0-/12-(12)s10---|
|-9-----------|-7-----------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------------|


  C              Em            Am
   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E e E  E e
|--------8-----|-------7-----|-5---5-8----8-|
|------8---8---|-----8---8---|---5-----10---|
|----9-------9-|---9-------9-|-5---5-9----9-|
|-10-----------|-9-----------|---7-----10---|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|


                    Dm7
   E  E  e  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12----12-17-----|--------8--------8-|
|----13-------17--|-------10-------10-|
|-14----14-17-----|----10-------10----|
|----14-------17--|-12-------12-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|


                                   1.
                      G
   E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|--------8--------8-|-------------|---------------||
|-------10-------10-|---8---8---8-|---8---8---8--o||
|----10-------10----|-0---0---0---|-0---0---0-----||
|-12-------12-------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------|--------------o||
|-------------------|-------------|---------------||


                             Bridge
  2.
D.S. al Coda    &
                              C
  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E     E E E E E S S   Q  E E E E
|-------------|------------||--------8-------|------------|
|---8---8---8-|------------||------8---8-----|------------|
|-0---0---0---|------------||----9-------9-7s|=5------5---|
|-------------|-5----5-7-9-||-10-------------|------5---5-|
|-------------|-5----------||----------------|----7-------|
|-------------|------------||----------------|------------|


  F             G6             C
  E E E E E E   E E E Q.        E E E E E E
|-------------|-----7------||---------8-----|
|-------6-----|-6S8--------||o------8---8---|
|-----5---5-5-|-------9----||-----9-------9-|
|---7---------|------------||--10-----------|
|-8-----------|------------||o--------------|
|-------------|------------||---------------|


                 F                  G6         G7sus4
   E E E E E E    E  E  E E  E  E     E   E  E E E  E  4x
|--------8-----|----------8-------|------12----8-------||
|------8---8---|-------10---10----|--------------8----o||
|----9-------9-|----10---------10-|-/12-(12)-------10--||
|-10-----------|-10---------------|--------------------||
|--------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------------||


  C                             D
   E E E E E E    E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------8-----|--------8-----|----------10-------|----------10--------|
|------8---8---|------8---8---|-------10----10----|-------10-------10--|
|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----11----------11-|----11-------11-----|
|-10-----------|-10-----------|-12----------------|-12-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|


  G
               9/8                 6/8
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------||
|---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---||
|-----0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------||


 Outro - Chorus
  C              F                C              F
  TP                              TP
  Q.   E  E  E     E  Q   +Q.     Q.   E  E  E     E  Q   +Q.
|-8----8-10-12-|-----13--(13)---|-8----8-10-12-|-----13--(13)----|
|-x----x--x--x-|----------------|-x----x--x--x-|-----------------|
|-9----9-10-12-|-/14------------|-9----9-10-12-|-/14-------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|


                                                          H.=H
    C              F9                  C             G      G#m Am
    TP
                                                          2:3
    Q.   E  E  E    Q.    E   E  E  7x E E E E E E   E Q  E E   H.
||--8----8-10-12-|-11----11\--------||---8---8-----|----------|-------*|
||o-x----x--x--x-|--x-----x---8----o||---8---8-8---|-3----3-4-|-5-----*|
||--9----9-10-12-|-12----12\-10-10--||-9---9-----9-|-4----4-4-|-5-----*|
||---------------|------------------||-------------|-5----5-6-|-7-----*|
||o--------------|-----------------o||-------------|----------|-------*|
||---------------|------------------||-------------|----------|-------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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