John Denver – Dont Be Kind (Guitar)

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[Intro] | C F | C F | C F | C | [Verse 1]
C
You've been sweet, you've been good

          Dm
I've been better than you ever cook

          F                  G
I've been yours, you've been mine

         Am

[Verse 2]
[tab]        C
You got dreams, I've got plans

        Dm
I'll be gone before you understand

    F                   G
I betrayed, you've been blind

         Am    G           C
Don't be kind    (don't be kind)
[Verse 3]
C                                       Dm
Shoot it straight as an arrow (don't be kind)

Dm
To the quick, to the marrow

        F                           G
You can say what you've got on your mind

         Am     G
Don't be kind
[Verse 4]
C
We've been friends, we've been folks

           Dm
We've been lovers clinging so close

        F                   G
We've believed but not this time

         Am
Don't be kind
[Bridge]
         Gm
When you hurt me, oh, you hurt me

         F        C       Dm
Then you feel you must be nice

           Am   G        F       C
Well, it's bad enough to take it once

      Dm             G
Being kind, makes it twice
[Verse 5]
          C
It's been great, it's been real

          Dm
It's been soft as silk and tough as steel

       F                 G
You be yours and I'll be mine

         Am    G           C
Don't be kind    (don't be kind)
[Verse 3 Reprise]
C                                       Dm
Shoot it straight as an arrow (don't be kind)

Dm
To the quick, to the marrow

        F                           G
You can say what you've got on your mind

         C                 Dm
Don't be kind  -  Don't be kind

        F                           G              C
You can say what you've got on your mind (don't be kind)
(Reprise repeats multiple times)