Cruel Summer Ukulele chords by Taylor Swift

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)


NOTE: strumming pattern is ↓-↓ - ↑↓↑ - ↓↓
^ very loosely

Verse 1:
C                        D
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
    Bm                   Em
You know that I caught it
C                   D
Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
   Bm                     Em
You know that I bought it

Pre-Chorus:
            C                 D
Killing me slow, out the window
                    Bm
I’m always waiting for you to be
        Em
waiting below
                  C
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their
C
eyes
             D
What doesn’t kill me makes me want you
D
more


Chorus:
         G
And it’s new, the shape of your body
     Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
          Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
        C
It’s a cruel summer
      G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
    Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
     Em
But ooh, whoa oh
         C
It’s a cruel summer
       G
With you


Verse 2:
C                  D
Hang your head low in the glow of the
          Bm
vending machine
          Em
I’m not buying
     C                    D
We say that we’ll just screw it up in
             Bm
these trying times
            Em
We’re not trying


Pre-Chorus 2:
                C                  D
So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife
                        Bm
I’m always waiting for you just to cut
       Em
to the bone
                  C
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their
C
eyes
          D
And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to
D
know


Chorus:
          G
Oh, it’s new, the shape of your body
     Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
          Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
         C
It’s a cruel summer
     G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
     Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
     Em
But ooh, whoa oh
         C
It’s a cruel summer
    G
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
Em
fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it’s worth
 C
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing
         *PAUSE*
you ever heard?"

(He looks so pretty like a devil)


Chorus:
      G
It’s new, the shape of your body
      Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
         Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
        C
It’s a cruel summer
      G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
    Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
     Em
But ooh, whoa oh
        C
It’s a cruel summer
     G
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
Em
fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it’s worth
 C
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing
        *PAUSE* G       G
you ever heard?"