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Cruel To Be Kind Tab by Letters to Cleo

  • E

  • B/D#

    4
  • Aadd9/C#

    6
  • B

    2
  • G#m

    4
  • A

  • E/G#

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • C#7

    4
Intro 1
E
B/D#
Aadd9/C#
B
E
B/D#
Aadd9/C#
B
Verse 1
E
G#m
Oh I can't take another heartache
A
Though you say your my friend,
B
I'm at my wits end
E
G#m
You say your love is bonified,
A
E/G#
F#m
but that don´t coinside
A
With the things that you do
G#m
A
B
When I ask you to be nice, you say
You gotta be

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Chorus 1
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, it´s a very good sign
A
B
G#m
C#m
B
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Interlude 1
E
B/D#
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------9------------------------|-7--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-9---------------------------9----|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Aadd9/C#
B
Well I do
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------5------------------------|---------4------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7--------------------------------|-4--------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 2
E
G#m
my best to understand dear
A
But you still mystify
B
and I want to know why
E
G#m
I pick myself up off the ground,
A
E/G#
F#m
to have you knock me back down
A
Again and again
G#m
A
B
When I ask you to explain, you say
You gotta be
Chorus 2
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, it´s a very good sign
A
B
G#m
C#m
B
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
E
C#7
Solo 1
A
B
G#m
C#m
E|-9---------------11----------11---|-----11--11------12------12-------| B|-10--------------12----------12---|-----12--12------14------14-------| G|-9---------------11----------13---|-----13--13------13------13-------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
B
G#m
C#m
E|-9---------------11----------11---|-----11--11------12------12-------| B|-10--------------12----------12---|-----12--12------14------14-------| G|-9---------------11----------13---|-----13--13------13------13-------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
B
G#m
C#m
E|-9---------------11----------11---|-----11--11------12------12-------| B|-10--------------12----------12---|-----12--12------14------14-------| G|-9---------------11----------13---|-----13--13------13------13-------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
B
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-----------------9----------------|-9--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-------9---------11----8----------| D|----------------------------------|-------------9---------------9----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Well I do
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|-9p6-----8p4-----6p2-----4p1------| D|-----7-------6-------4-------2----| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
Verse 3
E
G#m
my best to understand dear
A
But you still mystify
B
and I want to know why
E
G#m
I pick myself up off the ground,
A
E/G#
F#m
to have you knock me back down
A
Again and again
G#m
A
B
When I ask you to explain, you say
You gotta be
Chorus 3
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, it´s a very good sign
A
B
G#m
C#m
B
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you baby
You gotta be cruel to be kind
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
A
B
G#m
C#m
Cruel to be kind, it´s a very, very, very good...
A
B
G#m
C#m
B
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you baby
E
You gotta be cruel to be kind
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