Artist: | Nick Lowe (English) |
User: | Roger Huxley |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Written by Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm - during the Brinsley Schwarz era |
Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe / Ian Gomm - originally Brinsley Schwarz
Intro: (each chord 1 bar)
E G#m A B E G#m A B B
Verse 1:
E G#m
Oh, I can't stand another heart-ache. Though you
A B E
say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end. You say your love is
G#m A G#m F#m A
bona fide, but that don't co-in-cide With the things that you do,
G#m A B
when I ask you, to be nice - you say
Chorus:
A B G#m C#m
You gotta be cruel to be kind - in the right measure
A B G#m C#m
Cruel to be kind - it's a very good sign
A B G#m C#m F#m
cruel to be kind - means that I love you - Baby!
B7 B E
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Verse 2:
E G#m
Well I did my best, to under-stand you
A B
But you still mistify, I wanna know why
E G#m A G#m F#m
I pick myself up off the ground, to have you knock me back down
F#m G#m A B
again and again, when I ask you to explain - you say
Repeat Chorus
Bridge -
E / / / / C#7 / / / /
Instrumental -
A / / B / / : G#m / / C#m / /
Repeat verse 2
Repeat Chorus