Cruel to Be Kind Chords by Letters to Cleo

[Start]

[Intro]
E B A B E B
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
D#m C#m7 B
■   ■    ■


[Verse]
E               G#m              
Oh I can't take another heartache
           A                   
Though you say you're my friend
B                 E  
■ I'm at my wits' end
             G#m              
You say your love is bona fide
         A     G#m      F#m
But that don't coincide ■  
                            A    
With the things that you're doing
       G#m           A        B  
When I ask you to be nice you say


[Chorus]
                A           B                 C#m    
You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
A           B                     C#m 
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
A           B          C#m             B   
Cruel to be kind means that I love you baby
                            E   
You've gotta be cruel to be kind


[Verse]
     B A B   E             G#m            
Well ■ ■ ■ I do my best to understand dear
        A                 B            E  
But you still mystify and I wanna know why
              G#7        G#m   
I pick myself up off the ground
        A            G#m  F#m 
To have you knock me back down
          A    
Again and again
           G#m        A           B  
And when I ask you to explain you say


[Chorus]
                A           B                 C#m    
You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
A           B                     C#m 
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
A           B               C#m        B   
Cruel to be kind means that I love you baby
                            E   
You've gotta be cruel to be kind
C#7 A B G#m C#m A B G#m
■   ■ ■ ■   ■   ■ ■ ■  


[Solo]
C#m A B C#m
■   ■ ■ ■  
B      E             Emaj7          
Well I do my best to understand dear


[Chorus]
        A                 B            E  
But you still mystify and I wanna know why
              G#m              
I pick myself up off the ground
        A            G#m  F#m 
To have you knock me back down
          A    
Again and again
           G#7        A           B  
And when I ask you to explain you say
             A              B    C#m                 
You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
A           B                     C#m 
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
A           B                 C#m      B   
Cruel to be kind means that I love you baby
                            A    B
You've gotta be cruel to be kind ■
G#m    C#m          
In the right measure
A    B G#m  C#m            A   
It's a very very very good sign
B                 C#m      B   
■ It means that I love you baby
                            E   
You've gotta be cruel to be kind


[End]