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