Cruel Summer Ukulele chords by Taylor Swift

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)


NOTE: strumming pattern is ↓-↓ - ↑↓↑ - ↓↓
^ very loosely

Verse 1:
C            D
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
  Bm          Em
You know that I caught it
C          D
Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
  Bm           Em
You know that I bought it

Pre-Chorus:
      C         D
Killing me slow, out the window
          Bm
I’m always waiting for you to be
    Em
waiting below
         C
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their
C
eyes
       D
What doesn’t kill me makes me want you
D
more


Chorus:
     G
And it’s new, the shape of your body
   Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
     Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
    C
It’s a cruel summer
   G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
  Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
   Em
But ooh, whoa oh
     C
It’s a cruel summer
    G
With you


Verse 2:
C         D
Hang your head low in the glow of the
     Bm
vending machine
     Em
I’m not buying
   C          D
We say that we’ll just screw it up in
       Bm
these trying times
      Em
We’re not trying


Pre-Chorus 2:
        C         D
So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife
            Bm
I’m always waiting for you just to cut
    Em
to the bone
         C
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their
C
eyes
     D
And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to
D
know


Chorus:
     G
Oh, it’s new, the shape of your body
   Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
     Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
     C
It’s a cruel summer
   G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
   Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
   Em
But ooh, whoa oh
     C
It’s a cruel summer
  G
With you


Bridge:
 G
I’m drunk in the back of the car
   Bm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
 Em
Said, "I’m fine," but it wasn’t true
     C
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
   G
And I snuck in through the garden gate
   Bm
Every night that summer just to seal my
Em
fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it’s worth
 C
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing
     *PAUSE*
you ever heard?"

(He looks so pretty like a devil)


Chorus:
   G
It’s new, the shape of your body
   Bm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
     Em
And it’s ooh, whoa oh
    C
It’s a cruel summer
   G
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
  Bm
No rules in breakable heaven
   Em
But ooh, whoa oh
    C
It’s a cruel summer
   G
With you


Outro:
   G
I’m drunk in the back of the car
    Bm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
Em
Said, "I’m fine," but it wasn’t true
     C
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
  G
And I snuck in through the garden gate
   Bm
Every night that summer just to seal my
Em
fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it’s worth
 C
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing
    *PAUSE* G    G
you ever heard?"