Intro:

(four beats each)
[C] [Em] [F] [G]
[C] [Em] [F] [G] [G]

Verse 1:

Oh, [C]I can't take another [Em]heartache
Though you [F]say oh my friend, [G]I'm at my wit's end
[C]You say your love is [Em]bonafide,
But that don't [F]coin[Am]cide [Dm]
With the things that you [F]do and when I [Em]ask you to be [F]nice
You [G]say you've got to be...

Chorus:

[F]Cruel to be [G]kind [Em]in the right [Am]measure
[F]Cruel to be [G]kind it's a [Em]very good [Am]sign
[F]Cruel to be [G]kind [Em]means that I [Am]love you
[F]Baby, got to be cruel, got to be cruel to be kind

Repeat Intro

Verse 2:

Well [C]I do my best to under[Em]stand dear
But you [F]still mystify and [G]I want to know why
[C]I pick myself up[Em]off the ground
To have you [F]knock me [Am]back down [Dm]
Again and [F]again and when I [Em]ask you to ex[F]plain
You [G]say, you've got to be...

Chorus

[C]Ooh ooh ooh, [A]ooh.. ooh... ooh...

Solo over chorus

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A|--0-----0--0--2--2--------|--2--0--2-----3-----3-----|
E|--1-----1--1--3--3--------|--3--3--3-----5-----5-----|
C|--0-----0--0--2--2--------|--4--4--4-----4-----4-----|   (x3)
G|--2-----2--2--0--0--------|--0--0--0-----------------|

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A|-------------/8-----------|--7-----------5-----------|
E|--------------------------|-----8-----------7--------|
C|--------------------------|--------7-----------7-----|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|

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A|--3-----2-----0---------2-|
E|----5----3------1-----1---|
C|------5----4------2-------|
G|--------------------0-----|

Verse 2

Chorus and fade