Cruel to Be Kind Chords by Nick Lowe

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_ _ _ _ [C] Oh, I can't take [Em] another _ heartache
[F] Oh, you say, oh my friend, [C] _ I'm a witch then
You say your [Em] love is modified
But [F] that don't [Em]
coincide
[Dm] _ With the things that [F] you do
And when [Em] I ask you to [F] be nice
You [G] say you've gotta [F] be cruel [Em] to be kind
In the [A] right [F] measure
Cruel [Em] to be kind
It's the very [A] design
[F] It's cruel [Em] to be kind
Means that I love [F] you, [Gm] baby
_ _ _ [G] _ You've gotta be cruel to [C] be kind
_ [G] Well, _
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[C] I do my best [Em] to _ understand, dear
But [F] you still must abide
I [C] _ wanna know why
I pick [Em] myself up off the ground
To have [F] you knock [Em] me back [Dm] down
Again and [F] again
And when I [Em] ask you to [F] explain
_ You [G] say you've gotta [F] be cruel to [Em] be kind
In the right measure
[F] Cruel to [G] be kind
[Em] It's the very design
_ [F] It's cruel to [G] be kind
Means that [A] I love you, [C] _ baby
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You've gotta be cruel to [C] be kind
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_ _ Ooh
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Well, [C] I do my best [Em] to _ understand, dear
But [F] you still must abide
[C] I wanna know why
_ I pick [Em] myself up off the ground
To have [F] you knock [Em] me back [Dm] down
Again and [F] again
And when I [Em] ask you to [F] explain
You [G] say you've gotta [C] be [Em] cruel to be kind
In the [A] right measure, [F] cruel to [Em] be kind, it's a very good [A] sign.
[Em] [F] That [G] cruel to be kind [Em] means that [A] I love [C] you, baby. _ _ _ _
[G] You gotta be cruel to [F] be [Em] kind.
For in the [Am] right [F] measure, cruel [G] to be kind, [Em] it's a very, [A] very, very [F] good sign.
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[Em] It means that [A] I love [F] you, _ baby.
[C] _ _ _ [G] You gotta be cruel to [F] be kind.
[Em] _ For in the right [F] measure, cruel [G] to be kind, [Em] it's a very, very, [A] very [F] good sign.
[G] _ [Em] It means [A] that I love [C] you, _ baby. _ _ _
[G] You gotta be cruel [F] to [G] be kind.
[Em] For in [Am] the right [F] measure, cruel [G] to be kind, it's [Em] a very, very, [Am] very [F] good sign. _
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