CRUEL TO BE KIND

LEVEL 5C · 132 BPM · Nick Lowe

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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Oh, I can’t take an oth er heart ache.

Though you (F)say you’re my friend, and I’m at my wits’ end.

You say your love is bo na fide, but that don’t co in cide down with the things that you do.

And when I ask you to be nice,

you say, “You got ta be (F)cruel to be (G)kind in the right (Am)meas ure.” (F)Cruel to be (G)kind; it’s a (Em)ver y good sign if (F)“cruel to be (G)kind” means that I (Am)love you, (Dm7)ba by.

You (G)got ta be cruel to be kind.

Well, I do my best to un der stand, dear, but you (F)still mys ti fy, and I wan na know why.

I pick my self up off the ground to have you knock me back down with a gain and a gain.

And when I ask you to ex plain,

You (G)got ta be cruel to be kind.

Well, I do

Well, I (C)do my best to un der stand, dear, but you (F)still mys ti fy, and I wan na know why.

I pick my self up off the ground to have you knock me (Em)back down a gain and a gain.

And when I ask you to ex plain,

you say, “You got ta be (G)cruel to kind in the right (Am)meas ure.” (F)Cruel to be (G)kind; it’s a (Em)ver y good sign if (F)“cruel to be (G)kind” means that I (Am)love you, (Dm7)ba by.

You (G)got ta be cruel to be kind.

(G)cruel to kind in the right (Am)meas ure.” (F)Cruel to be (G)kind; it’s a (Em)ver y good sign if (F)“cruel to be (G)kind” means that I (Am)love you, (Dm7)ba by.