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