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Kelvin Jones – Cry A Little Less Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm C G D

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[Verse]
Em                    C
Lately I feel like I’m
                     G
Losing my senses I’m
                    D
Broken beyond belief
Em                      C
Sat in this lonely house
                      G
Sad at how we fell out
                          D
Tell me that you will stay

[Chorus]
                C               G
Cause every time you say goodbye,
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
               C                    G
And every night (that) you walk away,
                      D
it hurts a little more,
                      D
it hurts a little more
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less

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[Verse 2]
Em                      C
Last night I slept alone
                           G
Hoping you’d come back home
                        D
Listening for your steps
Em                        C
But I woke up to emptiness
                         G
Realised you finally left
                                  D
I smiled through the tears because

[Chorus]
          C               G
Every time you say goodbye,
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
               C
And every night (that)
             G
you walk away,
                      D
it hurts a little more,
                      D
it hurts a little more
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less

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[MIDDLE]
Em               C
So leave your keys
outside the door,
      G                     D
cause I can’t take it anymore
Em           C
Just walk away from us,
      G                     D
cause I can’t take it anymore

[Chorus]
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
                            C
You know that you’ll always have
            Em
me but ooooh
                   D
I cry a little less,
                   D
I cry a little less
You know that you’ll
always have me

How to play Cry A Little Less: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Cry A Little Less by Kelvin Jones on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Cry A Little Less by Kelvin Jones sits in E minor (one sharp: F♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: Em, C, G and D.

Listen for C – G – D – C (VI – III – VII – VI in E minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.