F.                  Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
  F.                C
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
  F
I've been living too fast
            Bb
I've been living too wrong
  F.          C.         F
Cruel, cruel world,I'm gone
 F.                            Bb
This big old world sure got me running round
          F.                      C
Heard a voice, it told me "Settle down"
             F
With the moonlight as my guide
            Bb
And this feeling deep inside
        F.              C.      F
I know now that I am homeward bound
 F                                Bb
As I wander through the pines,the whisperings,they tell
        F.                C
Of the many before me who tried and fell
           F
Seeking fortune and ways
   Bb
To get to glory days
         F.     C.              F
Looking for a place in this old world
  F.                Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
  F.                C
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
  F.
I've been living too fast
            Bb
I've been living too wrong
  F.           C.        F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone (take away)
  F.                 Bb
Desert road, desert plain
        F.           C
I have seen so much pain
       F.           Bb
Now I see into the eyes of a girl
    F.       C.           F
No more, no more, cruel world
F.                            Bb
On a dusty trail I saw vapor light
           F
Was it a mirage?
                          C
Don't know, but it seemed right
          F
I felt mission, I felt trust
        Bb
I knew then that I must
       F.   C.                  F
Go to her, away from this cruel world
  F.                Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
  F.                C
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
  F
I've been living too fast
            Bb
I've been living too wrong
  F.           C.        F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone
  F.           C.        F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone