The melody of All I Could Do Was Cry by Etta James runs 207 notes across 50 bars, 2:58 long in Db at 87 beats per minute. The tab sits low on the neck, mostly under the fourth fret, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? All I Could Do Was Cry chords and lyrics.