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Feb 22, 2023

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying by Gerry & The Pacemakers cover by Mike Nachaj

This is my interpretation of the song by Gerry & The Pacemakers. I play it without a capo.

Tab: in word document format Video: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying by Gerry & the Pacemakers - cover by Mike Nachaj

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#This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the  #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
By:   Gerry & The Pacemakers cover by Mike Nachaj

[intro:]     2 x | Cmaj7  |Fmaj7  |    {riff}

[verse: 1] 
|Cmaj7         |Fmaj7         |Cmaj7     |Fmaj7    |
  Don't let the sun catch you crying
Cmaj7             |Fmaj7            |G        |G      |
  The night's the time for all your tears
Am                  |Em            |
  Your heart may be broken tonight
Am                    |Em           |
  But tomorrow in the morning light
F               |G           |Cmaj7     |Fmaj7    |Cmaj7    |Fmaj7     |  {riff}
  Don't let the sun catch you crying
                              uuhhh___  uuhhh____ uuhhh____ uuhhh_____


[verse: 2] 
Cmaj7            |Fmaj7  |Cmaj7       |Fmaj7     |
  The night-time shadows  disappear
Cmaj7           |Fmaj7      |G     |G    
  And with them go all your tears
        |Am                |Em            
For the morning will bring joy
        uuuhhh___________   uuuhhh_______
    |Am            |Em     |
For every girl and boy
    uuuhhh_______  uuuhhh_______
F               |G           |Cmaj7     |Fmaj7    |Cmaj7    |Fmaj7     |   {riff}
  Don't let the sun catch you crying
                              uuhhh___  uuhhh____ uuhhh____ uuhhh_____

[bridge:] 
|G               |              |Am       |         |
   We know that crying is not a bad thing
 aaahhh_________                 aaahhh______
F                 |             |G           |G   {bass walk down  D C B A G }    {two guitar walk downs riff notes}
  But stop your crying when the birds sing___
 aaahhh_________                 aaahhh______

[verse: 2]  
|Cmaj7       |Fmaj7     |Cmaj7     |Fmaj7    |
   It may be hard to  discover
|Cmaj7             |Fmaj7     |G      |G     
  That you've been left for another
    |Am                       |Em
But don't forget that love's a game
     uuuhhh___________         uuuhhh_______
       |Am             |Em
And it can always come again
        uuuhhh_______   uuuhhh___________
   |F             |G            |Cmaj7      |Fmaj7
Oh, don't let the sun catch you crying
                                 uuhhh____  uuhhh_____   
[coda:]
              |Cmaj7            |Fmaj7       |Cmj7         |Fmaj7        |Cmaj7        {end walkdown}   
Don't let the sun catch you cry__ing          uuhhh______   uuuhh______   uuhhh______
               uuuhhh_______    uuuhhh_____   uuhhh______   uuuhh______   uuhhh______

 
{riff: intro+fill}

e |------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
B |--0--0------|------------|--1-0--0------|-------------|
G |-------0----|-2----------|---------0----|--2----------|
D |---------2--|------------|-----------2--|-------------|
A |------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
E |------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
    Cmaj7        Fmaj7        Cmaj7          Fmaj7   

{guitar walkdown}
  {guitar #1}                   {guitar#2}                    
e |--------------|-------        e|--------------|---------
B |--8--6--5-----|-------        B|--------------|---------
G |-----------7--|-5-----        G|--7--5--4-----|---------
D |--------------|-------        D|-----------7--|--5------
A |--------------|-------        A|--------------|---------
E |--------------|-------        E|--------------|---------
    G              Cmaj7

{end walkdown}

e |----------------------|---------------|
B |----------------------|---------------|
G |----------------------|---------------|
D |-10--9--7-------------|---------------|
A |----------10--8--7--5-|-2/3-----------|
E |----------------------|---------------|
    Cmaj7

chords:

Am      002210  or 577555
Cmaj7   332000  or 335453
Em      022000  or 779987
F       133211
Fmaj7   033210 
G       320003  or 355433