Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)
Verse 1:
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Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
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You know that I caught it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)
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Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
E MajorE
You know that I bought it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)
Pre-Chorus:
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Killing me slow, out the window
E MajorE
I'm always waiting for you to be waiting below
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Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
E MajorE
What doesn't kill me makes me want you more
Chorus:
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And it's new, the shape of your body
E MajorE
It's blue, the feeling I've got
D MajorD
And it's ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
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It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
E MajorE
No rules in breakable heaven
D MajorD
But ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
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With you
Verse 2:
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Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine
E MajorE
I'm not dying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)
A augmentedA E MajorE
We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times
E MajorE
We're not trying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)
Pre-Chorus 2:
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So cut the headlights, summer's a knife
E MajorE
I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
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Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
E MajorE
And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know
Chorus:
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And it's new, the shape of your body
E MajorE
It's blue, the feeling I've got
D MajorD
And it's ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
A augmentedA
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
E MajorE
No rules in breakable heaven
D MajorD
But ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
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With you
Bridge:
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I'm drunk in the back of the car
E MajorE
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
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Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true
E MajorE
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
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And I snuck in through the garden gate
E MajorE
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)
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And I scream, "For whatever it's worth
E MajorE
I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"
D MajorD
He looks up, grinning like a devil
Chorus:
A augmentedA
And it's new, the shape of your body
E MajorE
It's blue, the feeling I've got
D MajorD
And it's ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
A augmentedA
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
E MajorE
No rules in breakable heaven
D MajorD
But ooh, whoa oh
D MajorD
It's a cruel summer
A augmentedA
With you
Outro:
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I'm drunk in the back of the car
E MajorE
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
A augmentedA
Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true
E MajorE
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
A augmentedA
And I snuck in through the garden gate
E MajorE
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)
A augmentedA
And I scream, "For whatever it's worth
E MajorE
I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"
A augmentedA
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Other versions of Cruel Summer
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Cruel summer ukulele by Taylor Swift
