Cruel To Be Kind

G   = 355433    Am     = x02210
Em  = 022000    A      = x02220
F   = 133211    A7     = x02020
                Dm7/G  = 300211

^ = Emphasise the down beat

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[Intro]
     C             G/B           
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F/A             G
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[Verse 1]
  G                  C            
| /  /  /  / |   Oh, I can't take 
        Em
another  ...heartache,
           F                     
Though you say you're my friend, 
G7sus4
I'm at my wits end,
C                        Em
   You say your love is   ...bona 
fide,
                F         Em   Dm
But that don't  ...coin - cide   
                            F
...with the things that you do,
           Em            F         
And when I ask you to be nice, you 
G7sus4
say...

[Chorus]
             F           G     Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in
           Am
 the right measure,
F           G            Em      
Cruel to be kind, it's a very 
  Am  Am
good sign,
                                    
^    ^
F           G     Em           
Cruel to be kind, means that I 
Am      
love you, 
  G7sus4
baby------------------------!
                                    
          (Babe------------------!)
                                    
              (You gotta be cruel!)

    G7                   C       
You gotta be cruel to be kind! | 
G/B          F/A           G
/  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /
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[Verse 2]
        C                    
Well, I do my best to under - 
Em
...stand, dear,
Continues after the ad
         F                  G7sus4
But, you still mystify, and I wanna 
know why,
C                    Em
    I pick myself up  ...off the 
ground,
            F           Em        
To have you ...knock me back down 
Dm                F
 ...again and a - gain,
           Em              F      
And when I ask you to ex - plain, 
    G7sus4
you say...

[Chorus]
             F           G     Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in
           Am
 the right measure,
F           G            Em      
Cruel to be kind, it's a very 
  Am   Am
good sign,
                                    
^    ^
F           G     Em           
Cruel to be kind, means that I 
Am      
love you, 
  G7sus4
baby-----------------------!
                                    
         (Babe------------------!)
                                    
             (You gotta be cruel!)
    G7                   C
You gotta be cruel to be kind!

[Bridge]
C                A       A7
   Oo, oo -oo !  Oo, oo, oo!

     F     G        Em    Am Am
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[x3]
                          ^  ^
 G7sus4
| /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ 
| /_/ /_/ /_/

[Verse 3]
        C                   Em
Well, I do my best to under - 
...stand, dear,
          F                 G7sus4
But, you still mystify, and I wanna 
know why,
C                    Em
    I pick myself up ...off the 
ground,
             F           Em        
To have you  ...knock me back down 
Dm                F
 ...again and a - gain,
           Em              F      
And when I ask you to ex - plain, 
    G7sus4
you say...

[Choruses]
             F           G     Em
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in
           Am
 the right measure,
F           G            Em      
Cruel to be kind, it's a very 
  Am
good sign,
F           G     Em           
Cruel to be kind, means that I 
Am      
love you, 
  G7sus4
baby-----------------------!
                                    
         (Babe------------------!)
                                    
             (You gotta be cruel!)

    G7                  
You gotta be cruel to be 
 F          G         Em          
kind-----------, oh, in the right 
 Am
measure,
                       (Cruel to be 
kind!)

   F          G          Em       
E|t's| a very, very, very good 

(Cruel to be kind!)                 
   ^   ^  (Cruel to be kind---!)

   Em           Am      
It means that I love you, 
  G7sus4
baby--------------------------!
                               
(Babe--------------------!)
                                    
 (You gotta be cruel!)

    G7                  
You gotta be cruel to be 
 F          G        Em       
kind----------, oh, in the right 
    Am
measure,
                       (Cruel to be 
kind!)

   F           G              Em 
                  Yes, it's a 
         Am   Am    
very, very, very good 
F          G
sign------------,
(Cruel to be kind!)                 
        ^   ^  (Cruel to be kind!)

   Em           Am      
It means that I love you, 
  G7sus4
baby-------------------------!
                              
(Babe--------------------!)
                                    
(You gotta be cruel!)

[Suggestion for coda]
    G7                  
You gotta be cruel to be 
 F    Dm7/G     C
kind--------------!
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