Feb242018

JD McPherson – Cryings Just A Thing You Do Chord Progression on Piano

ChordsF Bb C

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This is the chord progression of Cryings Just A Thing You Do by JD McPherson on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and keyboard.

[Intro]
F

[Verse 1]
F
Your at the whitest wedding
F
That black is very slimming
F
But everybodys staring at you
F
Your sipping your jarjeeling
F
Staring at the ceiling
F
You dream about it splittng in two
Bb
And every time the wind blows
Bb
You open up the windows
Bb
The china bashes down on the floor
F
It’s really got me hurting
F
I’m trembling and I’m cursing
F
I’m redder than ever before

[Chorus]
C Bb
You say there’s nothing I could ever do to satisfy you
F
Cause crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do

[Verse 2]
F
I kinda held me head down for most of the ride
F
Skimmer for moreseti and four
F
I’ve never felt the spinning of this machine I’ve been in
F
I never saw the ice on the road
Bb
And every time it thunders
Bb
You always sit and wonder
Bb
Should we climb the roof and watch it roll in
F
I think I’m sinking under
F
I’m feeling torn and sunder
F
It’s really getting under my skin

[Chorus]
C Bb
You say there’s nothing I could ever do to satisfy you
F
Cause crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do

[Verse 3]
F
You never see the danger
F
Your telling every stanger
F
There’s something sinner stirring your blood
F
Contrary propositions
F
Have always left me smitten
F
But hell is pouring on like a flood
Bb
I need an indication
Bb
A bit of indication
Bb
This love affair is worth dying for
F
You really had me hurting
F
I’m trembling and I’m cursing
F
But I’m tangle than ever before

[Chorus]
C Bb
I guess there’s nothing I could ever do to satisfy you
F
Cause crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do
F
Crying’s just a thing that you do

How to play Cryings Just A Thing You Do: key, chords and progression

Cryings Just A Thing You Do by JD McPherson is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 3 chords: F, Bb and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – Bb – F – C (I – IV – I – V in F major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.