Cruel To Be Kind chords by The Moon Loungers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Chords:

G/B             X-2-0-0-3-0
F/A             X-0-3-2-1-1
G7              3-2-0-0-0-1
G7sus4          3-2-0-0-1-1


Intro:
C   G/B    F/A    G
C   G/B    F/A    G    G7

Verse 1:
    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  ...coincide   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
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
  F          G     Em           Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7                        C   G/B    F/A    G7sus4
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 again
           Em            F         G7sus4
And when I ask you to explain, you say

Chorus:
              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
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7                        C
you gotta be cruel to be kind

Break:
      A    A7
Ooooooooooooooh
F     G    Em    Am  x3
G7sus4

Verse 3:
        C                  Em
Well, I do my best to understand, 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 again
           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
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
  F          G     Em           Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7                        F    G
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Em             Am
In the right measure
  F          G            Em        Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
  F          G     Em           Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7                        C
You gotta be cruel to be kind