Don't Cry (Guns 'n Roses)

"DON'TCRY"Guns N' Roses As heard on Use Your Illu sion I (GEFF EN ) Words and Music by Izzy Stradlin' and W. Axl Rose • Transcrib ed by Jeff Perrin

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Copyright © 1991Guns N' Roses Music (ASCAP). International Copytight Secured. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission of Cherry Lane Music Company.

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