Nick Lowe – Cruel To Be Kind (Guitar Solo Tab)
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Song: Cruel to be kind
Artist: Nick Lowe
Composers: Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm
Album: Labour of lust
Tabbed by DJ 26th Feb 2013
Nick Lowe seemed to play a G7sus4 as x55565
with his thumb muting the bottom string.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below which giving you a low root note
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the very bottom of the tab.
C = 332010 G7sus4 = 353533 or 330011
G/B = x20003 G7 = 353433 or 320001
F/A = x03211 Dm = xx0231
G = 355433 Am = x02210
Em = 022000 A = x02220
F = 133211 A7 = x02020
Dm7/G = 300211
^ = Emphasise the down beat
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[Intro]
C G/B F/A G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C G/B F/A G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
G C Em | / / / / | Oh, I can't take another ...heartache, F G7sus4 Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end, C Em You say your love is ...bona fide, F Em But that don't ...coin - cide... Dm F ...With the things that you do, Em F G7sus4 And when I ask you to be nice, you say...
[Chorus]
F G Em Am You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure, F G Em Am Am Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Cruel to be kind, means that I love you... G7sus4 C Baby-----------------, you gotta be cruel to be kind
(Babe-------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
G/B F/A G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
C Em Well, I do my best to under - stand, dear, F G7sus4 But, you still mystify and I wanna know why, C Em I pick myself up ...off the ground, F Em To have you ...knock me back down, Dm F Again and a - gain, Em F G7sus4 And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
[Chorus]
F G Em Am You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure, F G Em Am Am Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Cruel to be kind, means that I love you... G7sus4 C Baby-----------------, you gotta be cruel to be kind
(Babe-------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
[Bridge] (Tablature of solo at bottom of page)
C A A7 F G Em Am Am Oo, oo-oo! Oo- oo, oo! | / / / / | / / / / | F G Em Am Am F G Em Am Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G7sus4 G7 | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/
[Verse 3]
G7 C Em Well, I do my best to under - stand, dear, F G7sus4 But, you still mystify and I wanna know why, C Em I pick myself up ...off the ground, F Em To have you ...knock me back down, Dm F Again and a - gain, Em F G7sus4 And when I ask you to ex - plain, you say...
[Chorus]
F G Em Am You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure, F G Em Am Am Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign,
^ ^
F G Em Am Cruel to be kind, means that I love you... G7sus4 Baby---------------------------!
(Babe--------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
[Chorus]
G7 F G You gotta be cruel to be kind------------,
(Cruel to be kind!)
Em Am F G Oh, in the right measure, (Cruel to be kind!) Em Am Am F G It's a very, very, very good sign------------,
^ ^ (Cruel to be kind!)
Em Am It means that I love you... G7sus4 Baby---------------------------!
(Babe--------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
[Chorus]
G7 F G You gotta be cruel to be kind------------,
(Cruel to be kind!)
Em Am F G Oh, in the right measure, (Cruel to be kind!) Em Am Am F G It's a very, very, very good sign------------,
^ ^ (Cruel to be kind!)
Em Am It means that I love you... G7sus4 Baby---------------------------!
(Babe--------------------!)
(You gotta be cruel!)
[Suggestion for coda]
G7 F Dm7/G C You gotta be cruel to be kind--------------! ==================================================== [Bridge - Guitar break] (F) (G/D) (Em) (Am/E) e|--5------7----|--7--7-7------8--8--| B|--6------8----|--8--8-8-----10-10--| G|--5------7----|--9--9-9------9--9--| [x3] D|--------------|--------------------| A|--------------|--------------------| E|--------------|--------------------| (G7sus4) (C/G) (G) (F) (G) (Dm) (C) e|----b12--|-12-----10------|-8----7----5----3-----| B|---------|---13-----12----|--10----8----6----5---| G|---------|-----12-----12--|----10----9----7----5-| D|---------|----------------|----------------------| A|---------|----------------|----------------------| E|---------|----------------|----------------------| b = bend note up a half-step
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