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Cruel by St. Vincent
Cruel
[Intro]
F# F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
[Verse 1]
F#
Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
B F#
Run the alleys casually cruel
Cruel, cruel
[Riff]
(w/ fuzz and some kind of high pass filter)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------6-----------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8---8-6-----6-8-6----------------|
A|------------9---------------9-----------6--6---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------| x2
[Verse 2]
F# F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
E
For you could want that, too
F#
They could take or leave you
So they took you, and they left you
B
How could they be casually cruel?
(The synth/marimba plays this bit)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------11--------------------------------|
G|--11-11----11------11--13------13----------------------------|
D|--------11-----11--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
(Then the riff again but with a different lick at the end every 2 bars)
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------6-----------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8---8-6-----6-8-6----------------|
A|------------9---------------9-----------6--6---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------------------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8-6------------------------------|
A|------------9-----------9-6-6--9-6-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------9-6-9-6-4---------| x2
F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
B F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
[Solo]
(w/ fuzz)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--/9--/9--6-7-9-11-13-14-13--8-8---11-13-11--7-7----7-6-4-/16I
[Bridge]
F# F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
E C#
If you could want that, too, then you'll be happy
[Verse 3]
F# G#m A#m B E B
You were the one waving flares in the air so they could see you
G#m A#m B E
And they were as laughter, blowing past ya, blowing fastly so they can see
B
Ya
F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
B F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
e|-------9----------------9-----------------------------------|
B|--9-11---11-9------9-11---11-9----9-11-9--------------------|
G|--------------11---------------11--------8--8---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------9---------------------------------------------------|
B|--9-11---11-9------9-11-9-----------------------------------|
G|--------------11----------11-8-8-11-8-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------11-8-11-8-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------11----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Later going on to
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-14---/11-----14---/11-----14-----/11---11-----------|
G|-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-14---/11-----14---/11-----14----/11----11-----------|
G|-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b--13b-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------11|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
[Fade out]
| b Bend
| / Slide up
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version 2
First of all the catchy guitar that annie clark plays in the chorus
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I------6----------------6-----------------------------I
I--6-8---8-6-4-----6-8---8-6-4---6-8-6----------------I
I----------------------------------------6--6---------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I------6----------------------------------------------I
I--6-8---8-6-4-----6-8-6-4-------6-4------------------I
I--------------------------6-6-------6-4--------------I
I----------------------------------------6-4-2--------I
Solo preverse (annie bends and slides alot in this solo)
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I--/9--/9--2-4-6--13--14-13--8-8----12-13-12--7-7-----I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I--8-7b-7-6-4/-----/16--------------------------------I
(I watched annie play live on lettermen and she plays this)
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-14---/11-----14---/11-----14-----/11---11-----------I
I-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b----------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-14---/11-----14---/11-----14----/11----11-----------I
I-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b--13b-----I
I---------------------------------------------------11I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
I-----------------------------------------------------I
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version 3
G# G
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
G#
Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
C#
Run the alleys, casually
G#
cruel, cruel
G# G F#
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you? If you could want that too
G#
They could take or leave you so they took you and they left you.
C#
How could they be casually
G#
Cruel, cruel
C#
Cruel, cruel
for the guitar solo here, she plays:
G# G F# D#
G# G
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
F# D#
If you could want that too, then you'd be happy
G# A#m B#m C# F# C#
You were the one waving flares in the air so they could see you
A#m B#m C# E
And they were the zephyr, blowin' past ya, blowin fastly
F# C#
so they could see you
G#
Cruel, cruel
C#
Cruel, cruel, oh
G#
Cruel, cruel
C#
Cruel, cruel
G#
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version 4
solo
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