CRUEL - ST VINCENT
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Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
[Verse 1]
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Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
B F#
Run the alleys casually cruel
Cruel, cruel
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[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?
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Then the riff again but with a different lick at the end every 2 bars
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Cruel, cruel, oh
B F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
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Solo w/ fuzz
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[Bridge]
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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]
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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
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Cruel, cruel, oh
B F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
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Later going on to
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