Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Key: A
Difficulty: Novice
Verse + Pre-Chorus Chorus + Bridge + Outro
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C x3201x G 32003x
D xx023x Bm x2443x
Bm x2443x Em 02200x
Em 02200x C x3201x
Intro:
G
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Verse 1:
CD
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
BmEm
You know that I caught it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
CD
Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
BmEm
You know that I bought it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
Pre-Chorus 1:
CD
Killing me slow, out the window
BmEm
I’m always waiting for you to be waiting below
C
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
D
What doesn’t kill me makes me want you more
Chorus 1:
G
And it’s new, the shape of your body
Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
Em
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
C
It’s a cruel summer
G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
Bm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
CG
It’s a cruel summer, with you
Verse 2:
CDBm
Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine
Em
I’m not buying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
CDBm
You say that we’ll just screw it up in these trying times
Em
We’re not trying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
Pre-Chorus 2:
CD
So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife
BmEm
I’m always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
C
Devils roll the dice (dice), angels roll their eyes (eyes)
D
And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know
Chorus 2:
G
Oh it’s new, the shape of your body
Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
Em
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
C
It’s a cruel summer
G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
Bm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
C (G)
It’s a cruel summer, with you
Bridge:
G
I’m drunk in the back of the car
Bm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Em
Said I’m fine, but it wasn’t true
C
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
G
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Bm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
Em
And I screamed for whatever it’s worth
C N.C.
“I love you,” ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?
He looks up, grinning like a devil
Chorus 3:
G
It’s new, the shape of your body
Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
Em
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
C
It’s a cruel summer
G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
Bm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
C (G)
It’s a cruel summer, with you
Outro:G
I’m drunk in the back of the car
Bm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Em
Said I’m fine, but it wasn’t true
C
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
G
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Bm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
Em
And I screamed for whatever it’s worth
CG
“I love you,” ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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