Cruel to Be Kind chords by Nick Lowe
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Oh I (C major) can't
take another (E minor) heartache
Though you say (F major) you're my friend,
I'm (G major) at my (Gsus4) wit's end (C major)
You say your love is (E minor) bonafide, but
that don't (F major) coincide
(E minor) (D minor) With the things that you do (F major)
And when I ask (E minor) you to be nice, (F major)
you say (G major)
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Verse 2
You've gotta be cruel (F major) to be (G major) kind,
in (E minor) the right measure (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind, it's a (E minor) very good sign (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind, means (E minor) that I love (A minor) you,
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You gotta be cruel to be kind
(C major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 3
(G major)
Well I do (C major) my best to understand (E minor) dear
But you still (F major) mystify and I (G major)
want to know (Gsus4) why (G major) (C major)
I pick myself up (E minor) off the ground
To have you (F major) knock me (E minor) back down,
(D minor) again and again (F major)
And when I ask (E minor) you to explain, (F major)
you say (G major)
Verse 4
You've gotta be cruel (F major) to be (G major) kind,
in (E minor) the right measure (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind, it's a (E minor) very good sign (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind,
means (E minor) that I love (A minor) you, baby (G major) (Gsus4)
(G major) (You've gotta be cruel)
Interlude 1
You gotta be cruel to be kind
(C major) (A minor) (A major)
(F major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor)
(F major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (E minor)
(A minor) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major)
Verse 5
Well I (C major) do my best to under (E minor) stand dear
But you still (F major) mystify and I (G major)
want to know why (C major)
I pick myself up (E minor) off the ground
To have you (F major) knock me (E minor) back down,
(D minor) again and again (F major)
And when I ask (E minor) you to explain, (F major)
you say (G major)
Verse 6
You've gotta be cruel (F major) to be (G major) kind,
in (E minor) the right measure (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind,
it's a (E minor) very good sign (A minor)
(F major) Cruel to be (G major) kind,
means (E minor) that I love (A minor) you (G major) baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
Verse 7
You gotta be cruel to be kind
(F major) (G major)
(Cruel to be kind), oh in (E minor)
the right measure (A minor) (F major)
(Cruel to be (G major) kind), it's a
(E minor) very very (A minor) very good sign (F major)
(G major) (Cruel to be kind), it means (E minor) that I love (A minor) you,
(G major) baby (Gsus4)
(You've gotta be (G major) cruel)
Verse 8
You gotta be cruel to be kind
(F major) (Cruel to (G major) be kind), oh in
(E minor) the right (A minor) measure (F major)
(Cruel to be (G major) kind), yes it's
a (E minor) very very (A minor) very good sign (F major)
(G major) (Cruel to be kind), it means (E minor) that I love (A minor) you,
(G major) baby (Gsus4) (G major)
(You've gotta be cruel)
Verse 9
You gotta be cruel to be kind
(F major) (G major)
(Cruel to be kind), oh in (E minor)
the right (A minor) measure (F major)
(Cruel to be (G major) kind), yes it's a (E minor) very
very very good sign
(Cruel to be kind), it means that I love you
Cruel to Be Kind
Nick Lowe
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