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Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe
Cruel To Be Kind
Intro: C-Em-F-G (2x)
C Em
Oh, I can't stand another heart-ache
F G
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end
C Em F Em
You say your love is bona fide, but that don't coincide
F Em F G
With the things that you do, when I ask you, to be nice - you say
CHORUS
F G Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G C-Em-F-G
Ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be kind
Well I do my best to understand you (it)
But you still mystify, and I wanna know why
I pick myself up, off the ground
To have you knock me back down, again and again
When I ask you to explain - you say
CHORUS - RIDE C-A F-G-Em-Am
Verse 2 - Well I do my best ...
CHORUS (3x) fade
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version 2
Tuning:Standard
C = x32010 Em = 022000 Dm = xx0231
G/B = x20003 F = 133211 Am = x02210
F/A = x02210 G7sus4 = 353533 A = x02220
G = 355433 G7 = 353433 Dm7/G = 300211
(In the suggested coda you could just play a G chord
instead of Dm7/G, but I think it sounds more interesting)
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C G/B F/A G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice)
G C Em
| / / / / | Oh, I can't stand another... heartache,
F G7su4 G7
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end,
C Em
You say your love is... bona fide,
F Em Dm F
But that don't coin - cide... with the things that you do,
Em F G7sus4
And when I ask you to be nice, you say...
G7 F G Em Am Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right mea - sure,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby---------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
G7 C G/B F/A G
You gotta be cruel to be kind! | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
C Em
Well, I do my best to under... stand, dear,
F G7sus4 G7
But, you still mystify, and I wanna know why,
C Em
I pick myself up... off the ground,
F Em Dm F
To have you... knock me back down... again and a - gain,
Em F G7sus4
And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
G7 F G Em Am Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right mea - sure,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby---------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
G7 C A
You gotta be cruel to be kind! Oo, oo -oo ! Oo, oo, oo---!
F G Em Am Am
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| (Three times)
^ ^
G7sus4
| /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/
C Em
Well, I do my best to under... stand, dear,
F G7sus4 G7
But, you still mystify, and I wanna know why,
C Em
I pick myself up... off the ground,
F Em Dm F
To have you... knock me back down... again and a - gain,
Em F G7sus4
And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
G7 F G Em Am Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right mea - sure,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Am G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby--------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
G7 F G Em Am Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind----, oh, in the right mea - sure,
(Cruel to be kind!) ^ ^
F G Em Am Am F G
It's a very, very, very good sign,
(Cruel to be kind!) ^ ^ (Cruel to be kind---!)
Em Am Am G7sus7
It means that I love you, baby-----------------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, you gotta be cruel---!)
G7 F G Em Am Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind----, oh, in the right mea - sure,
(Cruel to be kind!) ^ ^
F G Em Am Am F G
It's a very, very, very good sign,
(Cruel to be kind!) ^ ^ (Cruel to be kind---!)
Em Am Am G7sus4
It means that I love you, baby-----------------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, you gotta be cruel---!)
[Suggestion for coda:]
G7 F Dm7/G C
You gotta be cruel to be kind------------------!
| / / / / | / ||
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version 3
Intro: G-Bm/F#-C/E-D (2x)
G Bm C D
Oh, I can't stand another heart-ache though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end
G Bm C - Bm - Am
You say your love is bona fide, but that don't coincide
C Bm C D
With the things that you do, when I ask you, to be nice - you say
C D Bm Em C D Bm Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure, cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
C D Bm Em D G-Bm/F#-C/E-D
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be kind
G Bm C D
Well I do my best to understand dear but you still mystify, and I wanna know why
G Bm C - Bm - Am
I pick myself up, off the ground, to have you knock me back down
C Bm C D
again and again, when I ask you to explain - you say
C D Bm Em C D Bm Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure, cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
C D Bm Em D
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be kind
G-E C-D-Bm-Em x3 D
ooooh
G Bm C D
Well I do my best to understand dear, but you still mystify, and I wanna know why
G Bm C - Bm - Am
I pick myself up, off the ground, to have you knock me back down
C Bm C D
again and again, when I ask you to explain - you say
C D Bm Em C D Bm Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure, cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
C D Bm Em D
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be
C D Bm Em C D Bm Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure, cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
C D Bm Em D
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be
C D Bm Em C D Bm Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure, cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
C D Bm Em D
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be
fade...
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