Mental Cruelty chords - John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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

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