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From: hhuang@husc.harvard.edu
Subject: Guns N Roses, "Don't Cry"



This is the main guitar line.  It, or minor variations of it, repeats
throughout the song.

    Am            Dm            G
E |-------0-------------1---------------3-----------------------|
B |---------1---------3---3---------------3---------------------|
G |-----2-----2-----2-------2---------0-----0-------0-----0-----|
D |---2---------0-0-----------------0-------------0-----0-------|
A |-0-------------------------0---2-----------0-3-----2-----3-2-|
E |-----------------------------3-------------------------------|


The chorus is basically:

F  G  Am


And, according to Guitar for the Practicing Musician, the loud
distorted chords in the middle of the song are:

C5  G/B  A5  G5  F5  G5  A5


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From: t-gavgre@microsoft.com (Gavin Gregan)

Through the co-operation of gavin & Mark

Here's the music:

            DON'T  CRY  - GNR

Intro:

N.C.    Am       Dm            G              G/B (C)
----------0------------1----------------3------------------------
-----------1----------3-3----------------3-----------------
--------2----2------2-----2-----------0----0------------0-------0-----
------2---------0-0-----------------0-----------------0-------0-----
----0-------------------------0---2-------------0---3-------2-----3-2-0-
-3------------------------------3---------------------------------------
   |____________________________________________________________________|
				    Main Riff
|__|
Only in intro

End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)

D---------------------------------2-------


""""""'Scratch that above'""""""""""""""

End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)


---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------0------------
-------0------------2
-----2--------------0-
---3-------2--3--4-----


Song:

Intro

riff played four times

chorus:

F   F          G   G         Am
    Don't you  cry       tonight

Am----------------------.
I still love you baby

F   F          G   G      Am
    Don't you  cry     tonight

F   F          G   G      C
    Don't you cry      tonight

             C       C
There's a heaven   above you baby

F    F           G   G        Am
  And Don't you cry       tonight


riff at end of verse 1

----------------------------------------
--------0--0/1------------
-----2----------2-------
--2------------2-----
--------------------------
---------------------------

Loud part in middle of song:

C   G   A   G   F   G   A   AAAAA

solo (not posted)

verse 3

( verse 2 follows riff at end of verse one)

song ends on :


------0----------
------1--------------
------0----------
------0/2------
------3-------
------0----

Thanks, Mark.

First version by Gavin Gregan
Corrections (appreciated ) by Mark Bober