Don't Cry
Guns N' Roses · 1991
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- And don't you cry tonight
- Give me a whisper and give me a sigh (ah)
- Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
- Don't you take it so hard now, and please don't take it so bad
Sing it again — final chorus
- And don't you cry tonight
- Don't you cry tonight
- Don't you cry tonight, there's a heaven above you, baby
- And don't you cry tonight
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Don't you cry tonight
Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And don't you cry tonight
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And please remember that I never lied
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And don't you cry, don't you ever cry
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Don't you cry tonight, baby, maybe someday
Exercise 11
Choose the missing word:
Talk to me ? there's something in your eyes
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Something is ? inside you, and don't you know?
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And ? you cry tonight
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Give me a ? before you tell me goodbye
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
And don't you cry, don't you ? cry
Exercise 16
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 17
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Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "tonight" in the whole song?
"tonight"
Exercise 23
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And don't you cry tonight
- And don't you cry, don't you ever cry
- Don't you cry tonight
Exercise 24
Describe the mood of "Don't Cry" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 25
Who in your life would you dedicate "Don't Cry" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 26
Compare "Don't Cry" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 27
Write the full form of each contraction:
there's→don't→i've→i'll→gotta→you'll→
Exercise 28
Imagine you are making a short film with "Don't Cry" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 29
Rewrite the chorus of "Don't Cry" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.