Artist: Nick Lowe
Song: Cruel to be kind
Tabbed by: DJ
26th Feb 2013
Tuning:Standard
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C G/B F/A G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice)
G C Em
| / / / / | Oh, I can't stand another... heartache,
F Dm7/G
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 Dm7/G
And when I ask you to be nice, you say...
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 Dm7/G
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby---------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
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 Dm7/G
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 Dm7/G
And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
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 Dm7/G
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby---------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
C A7
You gotta be cruel to be kind! Oo, oo -oo ! Oo, oo, oo---!
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F G Em Am Am
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| (Three times)
^ ^
Dm7/G
| /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/
C Em
Well, I do my best to under... stand, dear,
F Dm7/G
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 Dm7/G
And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
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 Dm7/G
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby--------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, gotta be cruel!)
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 Dm7/G
It means that I love you, baby-----------------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, you gotta be cruel---!)
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 Dm7/G
It means that I love you, baby-----------------------------!
^ ^ (Babe, you gotta be cruel---!)
[Suggestion for coda:]
F Dm7/G C
You gotta be cruel to be kind------------------!
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C = x32010
G/B = x20003
F/A = x02210
G = 355433
Em = 022000
Dm = xx0231
F = 133211
Dm7/G = 300211
Am/G = 302210
Am = x02210
A7 = x02020
