Cruel

St. Vincent

tom:

  F#                                  F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?


[Verse 1]

F#
Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
         B               F#
Run the alleys casually cruel
Cruel, cruel

[Riff]
(w/ fuzz and some kind of high pass filter)

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------6-----------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8---8-6-----6-8-6----------------|
A|------------9---------------9-----------6--6---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------| x2


[Verse 2]

F#                                   F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
               E
For you could want that, too
F#
They could take or leave you
So they took you, and they left you
           B
How could they be casually cruel?

(The synth/marimba plays this bit)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------11--------------------------------|
G|--11-11----11------11--13------13----------------------------|
D|--------11-----11--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

(Then the riff again but with a different lick at the end every 2 bars)
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------6-----------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8---8-6-----6-8-6----------------|
A|------------9---------------9-----------6--6---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----------------------------------------------|
D|--6-8---8-6-------6-8-6------------------------------|
A|------------9-----------9-6-6--9-6-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------9-6-9-6-4---------| x2

F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
B       F#
Cruel, cruel, oh


[Solo]
(w/ fuzz)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--/9--/9--6-7-9-11-13-14-13--8-8---11-13-11--7-7----7-6-4-/16| I


[Bridge]

F#                                    F
Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
              E                            C#
If you could want that, too, then you'll be happy


[Verse 3]

F#           G#m          A#m          B                E    B
You were the one waving flares in the air so they could see you
     G#m            A#m              B                                  E
And they were as laughter, blowing past ya, blowing fastly so they can see
B
Ya

F#
Cruel, cruel, oh
B        F#
Cruel, cruel, oh

E|-------9----------------9-----------------------------------|
B|--9-11---11-9------9-11---11-9----9-11-9--------------------|
G|--------------11---------------11--------8--8---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------9---------------------------------------------------|
B|--9-11---11-9------9-11-9-----------------------------------|
G|--------------11----------11-8-8-11-8-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------11-8-11-8-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------11----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Later going on to

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-14---/11-----14---/11-----14-----/11---11-----------|
G|-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|


E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-14---/11-----14---/11-----14----/11----11-----------|
G|-16b----------16b----------16b----------13b--13b-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------11|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
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