Cruel To Be Kind Chords by Nick Lowe

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[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, I can't take [Em] another heartache.
[F] Oh, you say, oh my friend, [G] _ I'm not far with [C] sin.
You say [Em] your love is bona fide, [F] but that don't [Em] _ [Dm] coincide.
Well, the things [F] that you do, and when [Em] I ask you [F] to be nice,
[G] you say, you gotta [F] be cruel [Em] to be kind in the [A] right [F] measure.
Cruel [G] to be kind, [Em] it's a very [A] good sign.
[F]
Cruel [Em] to be kind, means that I love [F] you, _ [G] baby.
_ _ _ You gotta be cruel to [C] be kind.
_ _ [G] _
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_ Well, [C] I do my best to [Em] _
understand you, [F] but you still mystify.
[C] I wanna know why I pick [Em] myself up off the ground.
I [F] have you knock [Em] me back [Dm] down _ again and [F] again.
And when I [Em]
ask you to [F] explain, you [G] say, you gotta [F] be [Em] cruel to be kind in the [A] right measure.
[F] Cruel [Em] to be kind, it's a very good sign.
_ [F] [G] Cruel to be [Em] kind, means that [Am] I love [F] you, baby. _ _
_ _ [G] You gotta be cruel to [C] be kind.
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, [F] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] I do my best to [Em] _
understand you, [F] but you still mystify.
_ [G]
I wanna know [C] why I pick [Em] myself up off the ground.
I [F] have you knock [Em] me back [Dm] down _ again and [F] again.
_ [Em] I ask you to [F] explain, you [G]
say, you gotta [F] be [G] cruel to be kind [Em]
in the [A] right measure.
[F] [G] Cruel to be [Em] kind, it's a very [A] good sign.
[F] Cruel [G] to be kind, [Em]
means that [A] I love [F] you, _ [C] baby. _
_ _ [G] You gotta be cruel to [F] be [Em] kind.
_ In the [Am] right [F] measure.
_ [G] _ [Em] It's a very, [A] very, very [F] good [G] sign.
[Em] It means [A] that I love [F] you, _ baby.
_ _ _ [G] You gotta be cruel [F] to be _ [Em] _ kind.
In the right [F] measure.
_ [G] _ [Em] It's a very, very, [A] very [F] good [G] sign.
[Em] It means that I love you, [F] _ baby. _
_ _ [G] You gotta be cruel [F] to be _ [G] _ [Em] kind.
In the [F] right measure.
[G] Cruel to be kind.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _