Chords for Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind/Raging Eyes live - Late Night (Letterman) 1983

And through his solo work and his work with Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Rock Pile,
and countless other bands, my next guest has established himself as one of the most exciting
and influential figures in rock music today.
This is a copy of his newest album,
The Abominable Showman.
We're delighted that he's here tonight.
Please welcome Mr.
Nick Lowe. _ _ _
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[C] Well, I can't take [Em] another _ heartache.
Oh, [F] you say, oh, my friend, _ [C] [G] I'm at my [C] wit's end.
You say your [Em] love is bona fide, but [F] that don't [Am] _ [Dm] coincide.
There are things that [F] you do, and when [C] I ask you to [F] be nice, you [C] say,
[G] you gotta [F] be cool [G] to be kind in the [Am] right measure.
[F] Cool [G] to be kind, that's the very [Am] _ [F] sign.
Cool [G] to be kind means [A] that I love you, [C] _ [G] baby.
Gotta be cool, you gotta be cool [C] to be kind.
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_ _ [G] _ _ Well, [C] I do my [Em] best to _ understand, dear, [F] but you still miss the fight.
[C] And I [G] wanna know [C] why I pick [Em] myself up off the ground.
[F] Have you [C] knocked me back [Dm] down _ again [F] and again, and when [Em] I [C] ask you to [F] explain,
well, [C] you say, [G] you gotta [F] be cool [G] to be kind in the [A] right [F] measure.
Cool [G] to be kind, that's the very [A] sign.
[F] Cool [G] to be kind means [A] that I [C] love you, _ baby.
_ [G] Gotta be cool, you gotta be cool [C] to be kind. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Oh, _ _ well, _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] I do my best [Em] to understand, dear, [F] but you still miss the fight.
And [C] I [G] wanna [C] know why I pick myself [Em] up off the ground.
[F] Have you knocked [C] me back [F] down again and again, and when I [Em] ask you to [F] _
explain,
well, you [C] say, [G] you gotta [F] be cool to [G] be [Em] kind in [A] the right measure.
[F] Cool to [G] be kind, that's a very good [Am] sign.
[F] Cool to [G] be kind means that [A] I love [C] you, baby.
[G] _ Gotta be cool, you gotta be cool to [F] be kind.
[G] _ [Em] In the [Am] right measure.
[F] Cool [Em] to be kind.
It's a very, [A] very, very [F] good [G] sign.
It [Em] means that [Am] I love [C] you, _ [G] baby.
Gotta be cool, you gotta be cool to [C] be kind.
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_ _ _ _ _ Here is Nick Lowe singing Raging Eyes.
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_ _ _ Well, I know a little girl lives over there.
She looks so square, but for a [D] pair of raging eyes.
[E] Oh, she's got [A] raging eyes. _ _ _
Well, she ain't such a beauty.
Oh, dear Juliet, she can run a Romeo in to do his duty with [D] those raging _ [E] eyes.
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Raging eyes.
_ _ She's got raging eyes.
[E] [A] Who wants to tell her raging eyes?
[D] _ [A] No, no, raging [E] eyes.
[A] Not this fella, raging _
[E] eyes.
_ _ [A] Sometimes she's soft, sometimes she's scaly.
Her mama said that even back when she was a baby, she [D] had raging _ [E] eyes.
Raging [A] _ eyes.
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha. _ _ _ _ _
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Oh, she's got raging [E] eyes.
Who [A] wants to tell her raging eyes?
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No, no, raging eyes.
Not this [F#m] fella, [A] raging _ [E] eyes.
Well, [A] she can work those lights so they fiddle with the traffic.
Sometimes she's mean as a [Am] M16 [D] automatic.
Oh, [E] she's got raging [A] eyes.
_ _ _ [D] She's got raging _
[E] eyes.
Raging [A] _ eyes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] Oh, she's got raging [A] eyes. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ What?
Shabon, _ shabon. _ _ _
Shabon, shabon.
What? _ _ _
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_ Thank you, appreciate it.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you, gentlemen.
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We'll be right back.
You have to go away for a commercial.
Very nice.
Thank you, folks.
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