Tom: G
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Cruel, Cruel World
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
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[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*
