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Cruel, Cruel World
Ezra Furman - The Year of No Returning (2012)

Chords marked with a * should be strummed once.

Originally played transposed to Capo 3, so these are
not the exact chord shapes.
See: live performance with Celebrate It TV/Gigtrain
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[Intro]
D C D
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D

[Verse 1]
G                      C     D
  Lost my job, lost my money in a flash
G                     C       D
  Watched my old life turn to dust and ash
Cmaj7                Asus2
Called you up on the telephone
Cmaj7         Asus2*   D*
Ended up in a new town all alone

[Verse 2]
G                     C        D
  Took the bus on the highways tangled up
G                      C      D
  Felt the billboards' images fuck me up
Cmaj7            Asus2
Buy and sell yourself awake
Cmaj7               Asus2*    D*
Fall in love with a new thing every day

[Chorus]
     Em* D* C*  Em* D* C
It's co -o -ld, co -o -old
D              G
 Cruel, cruel world
C       D      G
 Cruel, cruel world
C       D
 Cruel, cruel

[Instrumental]
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D

[Verse 3]
G                      C        D
  Saw your hair in the sunlight glistening
G                       C            D
  Told you stories, you weren't even listening
Cmaj7            Asus2
Living out of an old suitcase
Cmaj7           Asus2      D
Looking at your stone-cold pretty face

[Instrumental]
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D

[Verse 4]
G                    C     D
  Out of work like a true American
G                       C           D
  Got real sick with no health-care benefits
Cmaj7*            Asus2*
Everything turned black and blue
Cmaj7*               Asus2      D
Government says, "We can't take care of you"

[Chorus]
    Em*  D* C*     Em*  D* C
Goodbye -e -e, goodbye -e -e
D              G
 Cruel, cruel world
C       D      G
 Cruel, cruel world
C       D
 Cruel, cruel, cruel

[Outro]
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D

Em* D* C* D*
Em*
G*