Mental Cruelty chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
 C majorC G+G C majorC


Verse:
C majorC                A minorAm  FF
Mental cruelty, that's what I heard him say
  G+G                C majorC
Mental cruelty, to the judge that day
C majorC            FF
I sat there in silence so he could be free
    G+G                 C majorC
And listened to his lying words, mental cruelty

  C majorC     FF
Your Honor, since our marriage, my life ain't been the same
 G+G                C majorC
I'm missin' out on all the fun, and he's the one to blame
                  FF
There's never any excitement now, the way there used to be
       G+G
And sharing his way of life and doin' his laundry
       C majorC
Is mental cruelty

  C majorC       FF
Mental cruelty, that's what I heard her say
  G+G                C majorC
Mental cruelty, to the judge that day
            FF
I sat there in silence so she could be free
    G+G                   C majorC
And listened to her lying words, mental cruelty

C majorC              FF
Divorces have been granted for many different things
G+G                   C majorC
Even when there's not a reason and no one can be blamed
 C majorC             FF
With only two little words she's on her merry way
FF                 G+G    C majorC
Yes all a woman has to claim is mental cruelty

  C majorC          FF
Mental cruelty, that's what I heard her say
G+G                 C majorC
Mental cruelty, to the judge that day
            FF
I sat there in silence so she could be free
    G+G              FF   C majorC
And listened to her lying words, mental cruelty
    G+G                  C majorC
And listened to her lying words, mental cruelty