Elvis Costello – When I Was Cruel (Guitar)

E                 B
You talk your way out of this

     E
Did someone flip your switch?

      E            B
Now there is only right or wrong

     E
Can you tell which is which?

    A   G# F#       E   C#m     
But it was so much easier

F#m           B
 When I was cruel

             C#m 
Why did you leave, you had a home

              G#m              A   
Why did you travel far abroad -

                           B  Bsus4 B
So you could sleep with strangers?

               C#m
You must have heard just how absurd

           G#m                         A
The words poured out of you, you fraud

                             B  Bsus4 B       
I guess you don't know what pain is

    A     G# F#         E
So don't pretend you're innocent

   A  G#   F#     C#m  E Eb C# E Eb C# E Eb C#
Do I look like a fool?

   A     G#  F#         E 
I guess you have forgotten

 F#m         B
When I was cruel

A       G#      E                B
Oh when I was cruel and I could make you so unhappy

 A      G#     E                  B  Bsus4 B
Lonely cowards followed me like ghouls

     F#m G#m      A
And you liked me too

E B A
        Oh, you know you did

    E                  B    
But if you should feel anything,

   E
A signal from within

    E              B
Go back in your laboratory

      E
And try to dial it in

    E                  B
But if you should feel anything,

   E
A signal from without

C#m                       B  Bsus4 B
  Abandon your dreams of vengeance

    A     G# F#        E   
So don't protest your innocence

      A   G#  F#      C#m E Eb C# E Eb C# E Eb C#
The truth is hard to judge

    A    G#  F#      E
Perhaps you have forgotten when

F#m         B  
 I held a grudge

A       G#      E                B
Oh when I was cruel and I could make you very sorry

 A      G#     E                  B  Bsus4 B
Lonely cowards followed me like ghouls

     F#m G#m      A
And you liked me too

E B A
       Oh, you know you did

E B A   E B A
                  When I was cruel