Cruel — St. Vincent
Chords and lyrics for Cruel by St. Vincent (key of G#).
Verse 1
I realized after tabbing this out that her guitar may be tuned down a whole
step.
Either way, these chords will still work or you can transpose it down by 2.
Intro
[G#]Bodies, can't you see what everybody [G]wants from you?
Verse 1
[G#]Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
Run the [C#]alleys, casually
Chorus
[G#]cruel, cruel
Interlude 1
[G#]Bodies, can't you see what everybody [G]wants from you? If you could [F#]want that
too
Verse 2
[G#]They could take or leave you so they took you and they left you.
How could [C#]they be casually
Chorus
[G#]Cruel, cruel
[C#]Cruel, cruel
for the guitar solo here, she plays:
[G#] [G] [F#] [D#]
Interlude 2
[G#]Bodies, can't you see what everybody [G]wants from you?
If you could [F#]want that too, then you'd be [D#]happy
Verse 3
[G#]You were the [A#m]one waving [B#m]flares in the [C#]air so they could [F#]see [C#]you
And [A#m]they were the [B#m]zephyr, blowin' [C#]past ya, blowin [E]fastly
so they could [F#]see [C#]you
Chorus
[G#]Cruel, cruel
[C#]Cruel, cruel, oh
[G#]Cruel, cruel
[C#]Cruel, cruel
[G#]
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