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Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe - Guitar Chords
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Song: Cruel to be kind
Artist: Nick Lowe
Composers: Nick Lowe & Ian Gomm
Album: Labour of lust
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-) 26th Feb 2013
Here's some links to Nick playing live acoustic versions:
--.-/watch?ds49aZrr5LmC2p1A
--.-/watch?ds49aipoUSohjjvc
Starts at [24:20]
Nick plays G7sus4 with the first shape shown, his thumb appears to be
muting the bottom string. I prefer either of the other 2 voicings
options below, which will give you a bottom G root.
C = 332010 G7sus4 = x55565 or 353533 or 330011
G/B = x20003 G7 = 353433 or 320001
F/A = x03211 Dm = xx0231
G = 355433 Am = x02210
Em = 022000 A = x02220
F = 133211 A7 = x02020
Dm7/G = 300211
^ = Emphasise the down beat
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[Intro]
C G/B F/A G
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[Verse 1]
G C Em
| / / / / | Oh, I can't take another ...heartache,
F G7sus4
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...
[Chorus]
F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure,
F G Em Am Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby------------------------!
(Babe------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
G7 C G/B F/A G
You gotta be cruel to be kind! | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
C Em
Well, I do my best to under - ...stand, dear,
F G7sus4
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...
[Chorus]
F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure,
F G Em Am Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby-----------------------!
(Babe------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
G7 C
You gotta be cruel to be kind!
[Bridge]
C A A7
Oo, oo -oo ! Oo, oo, oo!
F G Em Am Am
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x3]
^ ^
G7sus4
| /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/
[Verse 3]
C Em
Well, I do my best to under - ...stand, dear,
F G7sus4
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...
[Choruses]
F G Em 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 G7sus4
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby-----------------------!
(Babe------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
G7 F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind-----------, oh, in the right measure,
(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 G7sus4
It means that I love you, baby--------------------------!
(Babe--------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
G7 F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind----------, oh, in the right measure,
(Cruel to be kind!)
F G Em Am Am F G
Yes, it's a very, very, very good sign------------,
(Cruel to be kind!) ^ ^ (Cruel to be kind!)
Em 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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