It Could Make You Cry chords

Brett Dennen

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 6st fret

  			
 
 




Tuning:Standard      Strumming Pattern 
  
         C                 Am                     G 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------1-----------------1----------------------0-----------------------| 
G|-------------0-----------------0-------------------------0-----------------| 
D|------2----------------2-----------------------0---------------------------| 
A|--3----------------0-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------3---------------------------------| 
Play this pattern throughout the whole song 



Intro: C Am G C (4x) 

verse 1 

C            Am          F          C               Em       F        G   
Snowflakes falling on an old plantation Buzzards circling above a landfill  
C             Am         F         C                             G       C 
Old friends fall into a conversation Soldiers in the sand are standing still  

verse 2 

C        Am           F          C                    Em             F 
Mermaid walks into a fleet of fishermen Chattering children lift their ears  
        G 
to the sky 
 C         Am       F      C               C/B       Am            G 
Skeptics stare in fascination I have seen so much beauty it could make you  
C 
cry 

Bridge  

Dm                     E      Dm7             Am    G    
Fire on the hillside raging I hear my lover calling  
F                  G 
Tears are falling Tears are falling 

verse 3 

C       Am            F       C                Em                   F 
Widows walk with bouquets of roses Cardinals flaunt their feathers as they  
G 
fly  
C       Am        F                 C                C/B                
Women flop with flames under their noses I have seen so much beauty it could  
G         C 
make you cry  

Other bridge thingy 

 F                C           F         G 
Why, why, why, why Why, why, why, why Why 
Dm                     E    Dm7                 Am           
Fire on the hillside raging I hear my lover calling Calling  
F                   G 
Tears are falling Tears are falling 

verse 4 

C          Am                 F      C                   Em           F 
Damsels dressed in all the stylish fashions Trees in the city all strung  
      G 
with lights  
C             Am           F              C              C/B      Am 
Broken hearts meet with uncontrollable passion I have seen so much beauty  
         G       C 
it could make you cry  

Verse 5 

C                      Am            F             C                 Em 
And the Hare Krishna clattering Chorus in the courtyard Dervishes dancing in  
    F     G 
a park nearby  
  C       Am            F           C          
Love professed to the point on a postcard  
  
       C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry  
       C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry  
        C    C/B    Am       G              C 
I have seen so much beauty it could make you cry