Cruel

Tuning:  EbAbC#F#BbEb  (i.e. down half step)

Chords:

A13002022

Bm9020222

Bb11sus4004655

Cm9030333

Cm9*030330

Cdim045450

Fdim003434

Intro: Bm9  Cm9   Bm   Bm7

Bm9  Cm9  Bm7

Bm9  Cm9   Bm   Bm7

Dmaj7 Cdim

Bm9   Cm9    Bm  Bm7  Bm9  Cm9     Bm7     Bm9   Cm9   Bm   Bm7    Dmaj7 

Cruel is the gos -pel  that sets us all free and takes you away   from   me

    

Cdim                  Bm7  A    Gm     Bm

    There is no Chicago  urban   blues

A   Bm    Cmaj7    BmA

More heartfelt than my   lament for you

         Bm F#m          Gmaj7        Em

I'm a liberal guy:      too cool  for the macho ache

Bm F#m Gmaj7          Em

With a secret tooth for the cherry on the cake

Bm F#m                Gmaj7  Em

With a pious smile, a smile that changes what I say

BmF#m          Gmaj7       Em

While I waste my time in regretting that the days

   Cm9     Cm9*  Bm9      Bbm9/Bm9

Went from perfect to just     okay.

Chorus:

Em       A               

Lordy, what would I do?

         F#m      Fdim       Bb11sus4

Don't call me possessive (but God if he's smooching with you!)

       A

I's a jealous boy root

F#m    Fdim       Bb11sus4

The world should be free (but don't you go following suit!)

      A

My heart is aligned

F#m          FdimBb11sus4

It couldn't be neutral (I couldn't be that way inclined)

A       F#mD       Em

It's hard to defend, ba ba ba ba ba ba these feelings my tuppentup friend

      A       F#m       D      Em

It's cruel, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  (repeat x2)

      A         A13

It's cruel, it's crueler than cruel, but . . . (repeat intro)

            Bm7  A    Gm      Bm A

Should a love be tender, or bleed out loud?

  Bm           Cmaj7 Bm         A

Or be tougher than tough,  and prouder than proud?

          Bm       F#m          Gmaj7          Em

If I'm troubled by every folding of your skirt,

        Bm   F#m            Gmaj7            Em

Am I guilty of every male-inflicted hurt?

         Bm                F#m          Gmaj7               Em

But I don't know how to describe the modern rose

Bm          F#m               Gmaj7                 Em

When I can't refer to the shape against her clothes

   Cm9  Cm9*  Bm9      Bbm9/Bm9

With the fever of purple prose.

Chorus

Intro

Bm7  A     Gm      Bm

My contribution to urban blues

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