Ezra Furman – Cruel Cruel World (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------ Ezra Furman - The Year of No Returning (2012) Chords marked with a * should be strummed once. Originally played transposed to Capo 3, so these are not the exact chord shapes. See: live performance with Celebrate It TV/Gigtrain ------------------------------------------------------ [Intro] D C D G C D G C D G C D G C D [Verse 1]
G                      C     D
  Lost my job, lost my money in a flash

G                     C       D
  Watched my old life turn to dust and ash

Cmaj7                Asus2
Called you up on the telephone

Cmaj7         Asus2*   D*
Ended up in a new town all alone
[Verse 2]
G                     C        D
  Took the bus on the highways tangled up

G                      C      D
  Felt the billboards' images fuck me up

Cmaj7            Asus2
Buy and sell yourself awake

Cmaj7               Asus2*    D*
Fall in love with a new thing every day
[Chorus]
     Em* D* C*  Em* D* C
It's co -o -ld, co -o -old

D              G
 Cruel, cruel world

C       D      G
 Cruel, cruel world

C       D
 Cruel, cruel
[Instrumental] G C D G C D G C D G C D [Verse 3]
G                      C        D
  Saw your hair in the sunlight glistening

G                       C            D
  Told you stories, you weren't even listening

Cmaj7            Asus2
Living out of an old suitcase

Cmaj7           Asus2      D
Looking at your stone-cold pretty face
[Instrumental] G C D G C D G C D G C D [Verse 4]
G                    C     D
  Out of work like a true American

G                       C           D
  Got real sick with no health-care benefits

Cmaj7*            Asus2*
Everything turned black and blue

Cmaj7*               Asus2      D
Government says, "We can't take care of you"
[Chorus]
    Em*  D* C*     Em*  D* C
Goodbye -e -e, goodbye -e -e

D              G
 Cruel, cruel world

C       D      G
 Cruel, cruel world

C       D
 Cruel, cruel, cruel
[Outro] G C D G C D G C D G C D Em* D* C* D* Em* G*