When A Good Man Cries Chords & Tabs

by CMAT

[Version Description]
Link to the song: https://youtu.be/ADfHrteW-QE.
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 112
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 101, 3, 101, 1, 101, 3, 101]
WHEN A GOOD MAN CRIES
As recorded by CMAT
(2025 release)
Capo 2nd fret
To play without a capo transpose +2 steps.

[Intro]
C    G C  G  C
G  D

[Verse 1]
             C   
I waited for love
               G  D
With a cricket bat
             C   
I got what I want
                G   D
And I kicked it flat

[Pre-Chorus]
                  C   
You know what I'm like
C                   
You don't deserve it
       G   
Veruca Salt
            D    
Her just desserts
            C  
She kept it out
C                
To show the world
             G                   D
And now it's sour like her mother

[Chorus]
            C                        
What do you do when a good man cries?
G              C                        G  
And you're the one to keep him up at night?
              C                                                   G    D
How could you do what you said you wouldn't do like all the other guys?
           C                             
How do you act when the daddy's not home?
G      C                        G   
Dorian Graying if the door's closed?
             C                                                             G  D
All that you say it doesn't matter cuz you're crushing what you shouldn't hold

[Verse 2]
                C   
I hope it don’t last
                 G   D
With our time so sore
            C     
I hope that I pass
            G   D
And I get reborn

[Pre-Chorus]
           C      
I've never changed
C                 
But lord I’m tryna
             G   
The people’s mess
           D  
Dunboyne Diana
          Am                          
All of my jokes have turned to prayers
                G                             D
Because they’re scarred just like their mother

[Chorus]
            C                        
What do you do when a good man cries?
G              C                        G  
And you're the one to keep him up at night?
              C                                                   G    D
How could you do what you said you wouldn't do like all the other guys?
           C                             
How do you act when the daddy's not home?
G      C                        G   
Dorian Graying if the door's closed?
             C                                                             G  
All that you say it doesn't matter cuz you're crushing what you shouldn't hold
           D  
Shouldn’t hold

[Bridge]
Em                   D                     Em
Oh I can feel what I hated in dreams, come on
                      D                    Em  
Give me a hand if you can help Jesus, it's time
            D          
To be real, spin wheels
    C        
Kyrie Eleison
Em                   D                     Em
Oh I can feel what I hated in dreams, help me
                         D                     Em  
Not hate myself, help me love other people, oh I'll
                D        
Wear the beads, I'll read
    C        
Kyrie Eleison

[Chorus]
            C                        
What do you do when a good man cries?
G              C                        G  
And you're the one to keep him up at night?
              C                                                   G    D
How could you do what you said you wouldn't do like all the other guys?
           C                             
How do you act when the daddy's not home?
G      C                        G   
Dorian Graying if the door's closed?
             C                                                             G  
All that you say it doesn't matter cuz you're crushing what you shouldn't hold
           D  
Shouldn’t hold

[Outro]
Em                   D                     Em
Oh I can feel what I hated in dreams, come on
                      D                    Em  
Give me a hand if you can help Jesus, it's time
            D          
To be real, spin wheels
    C        
Kyrie Eleison
Em                   D                     Em
Oh I can feel what I hated in dreams, help me
                         D                     Em  
Not hate myself, help me love other people, oh I'll
                D        
Wear the beads, I'll read
    C                                      
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison