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This Cruel Thing

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[Intro]
All words need to be sung; nobody's ever had this word in a song before,
matter of fact, every word needs to be in a song, every word
'Cause they're all important
 Bb   F   Cx3
 Ab   Bb   Cx2
  BbWeeping Fsad and Clonely
  BbWhen This FCruel Thing is Cover
  BbHopes and Ffears, how Cvain
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
 Bb   F   Cx3
 Ab   Bb   Cx2
  BbOft in Fdreams I Csee you
  BbOn the FbattleplanCe
  BbSadly Fbreathe and Cfallen
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
 Bb   F   Cx3
 Ab   Bb   Cx2
  BbIf aFmid-in of Cbattle
  BbNobly Fyou should Cfall
BbI whisper woFrds in your honCor
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover (This Cruel Thing is over)
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover (This Cruel Thing is over)
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover (This Cruel Thing is over)
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover (When This Cruel Thing is over)
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover (When This Cruel Thing is over)
  AbWhen This BbCruel Thing is Cover
(fade out)

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This Cruel Thing

by Widespread Panic

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[Intro]

All words need to be sung; nobody's ever had this word in a song before,

matter of fact, every word needs to be in a song, every word

'Cause they're all important

Bb F C

Ab Bb C

Bb F C

Weeping sad and lonely

Bb F C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Bb F C

Hopes and fears, how vain

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Bb F C

Ab Bb C

Bb F C

Oft in dreams I see you

Bb F C

On the battleplane

Bb F C

Sadly breathe and fallen

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Bb F C

Ab Bb C

Bb F C

If amid-in of battle

Bb F C

Nobly you should fall

Bb F C

I whisper words in your honor

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over (This Cruel Thing is over)

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over (This Cruel Thing is over)

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over (This Cruel Thing is over)

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over (When This Cruel Thing is over)

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over (When This Cruel Thing is over)

Ab Bb C

When This Cruel Thing is over

(fade out)

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