Don't Cry, Joe

Words & Music by Joe Marsala
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1949


E          EM7            E6         Edim         F#m  B7
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.

F#m7  B7  F#m7  B7        F#m        Fm7          E
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.

       E          E7      Bm7-5       E7sus4  E7
You've got to realize that this is the wind - up;

        AM7           A6/9             Am7       C7   B7
You're gonna feel much better once you make your mind up;

E    C#m7  C#7            A9          B7          E
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.


E                             B7           A9       E
So you lost your gal -- it's happened many times before.

F                           Bb             C7        F
So you sit and mope like a dope -- what's that good for?

     F#           C#7     F#
Get ahold of yourself, forget her;

    F#           C#7           F#
You lived long before you ever met her.

        C#7            C7         B7
There's lots of other girls, so I say


E          EM7            E6         Edim         F#m  B7
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.

F#m7  B7  F#m7 B7        F#m         Fm7          E
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.

E          E7      Bm7-5       E7sus4  E7
You've got to realize that this is the wind - up;

        AM7           A6/9             Am7       C7   B7
You're gonna feel much better once you make your mind up;

E    C#m7  C#7            A9          B7          E
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.



E             E7     Bm7-5         E7sus4  E7
Take a look around to see what your miss - ing

      AM7              A6/9               Am7      C7   B7
You'd soon forget your troubles, if you'd on - ly lis - ten.

E    C#m7  C#7            A9          B7          E
Don't cry, Joe -- let her go, let her go, let her go.




 
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