Cruel Crazy Beautiful World chords by Johnny Clegg

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC G+G FF
C majorC G+G FF

Verse 1:
C majorC              FF        G+G
  You have to wash with the crocodile in the river
C majorC              FF       G+G
  You have to swim with the sharks in the sea
C majorC              FF       G+G
  You have to live with the crooked politician
C majorC             FF       G+G
  Trust those things that you can never see

Break:
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye

Verse 2:
C majorC            FF         G+G
  You got to trust your lover when you go away
C majorC               FF        G+G
  Keep on believing tomorrow brings a better day
C majorC              FF        G+G
  Sometimes you smile when you're crying inside
C majorC                  FF        G+G
  Just put you tears away while the truth is shining bright

Break:
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye

Chorus:
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC       FF          G+G       FF   C majorC
Every day you wake up I hope it's under a blue sky
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC        FF           G+G    FF  C majorC
One day when you wake up I will have to say goodbye
G+G    FF
Say goodbye
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!

Break:
C majorC G+G FF
C majorC G+G FF

Bridge:
G+G
  Beyond the door, strange cruel beautiful years lie waiting for you
G+G
  It kills me to know you won't escape loneliness
G+G
  Maybe you lose hope too

Break:
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye
C majorC       G+G         FF
  Ayeye ayeye Jesse Bwana, ayeye  ayeye

Chorus:
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC       FF          G+G       FF   C majorC
Every day you wake up I hope it's under a blue sky
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC        FF           G+G    FF  C majorC
One day when you wake up I will have to say goodbye
G+G    FF
Say goodbye
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!

Verse 3:
C majorC             FF       G+G
  When I feel your small body close to mine
C majorC             FF      G+G
  I feel weak and strong at the same time
C majorC              FF    G+G
  So few years to give you wings to fly
C majorC            FF        G+G
  Show you the stars to guide your ship by

Chorus:
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC       FF          G+G       FF   C majorC
Every day you wake up I hope it's under a blue sky
G+G   FF      C majorC
It's a cruel, crazy beautiful world
C majorC        FF           G+G    FF  C majorC
One day when you wake up I will have to say goodbye
G+G    FF
Say goodbye
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!
C majorC     FF         C majorC
Goodbye -- it's your world so live in it!

Outro:
FF         C majorC
It's your world so live in it
FF         C majorC
It's your world so live in it
(repeat and fade)