Cruel To Be Kind chords by The Moon Loungers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Chords:

G/B       X-2-0-0-3-0
F/A       X-0-3-2-1-1
G7       3-2-0-0-0-1
G7sus4     3-2-0-0-1-1


Intro:
C  G/B  F/A  G
C  G/B  F/A  G  G7

Verse 1:
  C          Em
Oh, I can't take another ...heartache
      F          G7sus4
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end
C           Em
 You say your love is  ...bona fide
        F    Em Dm             F
But that don't ...coincide  with the things that you do
      Em       F    G7sus4
And when I ask you to be nice, you say...

Chorus:
       F      G  Em       Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
 F     G      Em    Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
 F     G   Em      Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7            C  G/B  F/A  G7sus4
you gotta be cruel to be kind

Verse 2:
    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    Dm      F
To have you knock me back down, again and again
      Em      F     G7sus4
And when I ask you to explain, you say

Chorus:
       F      G  Em       Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
 F     G      Em    Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
 F     G   Em      Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7            C
you gotta be cruel to be kind

Break:
   A  A7
Ooooooooooooooh
F   G  Em  Am x3
G7sus4

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

Chorus:
       F      G  Em       Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
 F     G      Em    Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
 F     G   Em      Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7            F  G
You gotta be cruel to be kind
Em       Am
In the right measure
 F     G      Em    Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
 F     G   Em      Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G7sus4
Baby, you gotta be cruel
G7            C
You gotta be cruel to be kind