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Intro: (palm muted)
 F#m. . . 
 A. . .
 D. . .
 B7. . . 
Chorus:
F#mCruel Girl
AWhy you gotta treat me like a Dfool, girl?
B7Bring me down with everything you F#mdo, girl?
ABreak my faithful little heart in Dtwo, girl?
B7Cruel girl
Verse 1:
EI know that I C#7should go, I should F#mwalk away.
EBut when I think of C#7how things were only F#myesterday
A7It makes me stay
Pre-chorus:
Dmaj7You were so sweet when Awe first met
BmNow you're so bad to me I C#7just can't forget
Chorus 2:
You're F#ma cruel girl
AI'll do anything you wanna Ddo, girl
B7I'll believe that every lie is F#mtrue, girl
AI could never settle for a Dnew girl
B7Cruel Girl
Verse 2:
EWhat keeps me C#7standing here, staying F#mby your side?
EWhen the way you C#7treat me girl only hF#murts my pride
A7I can't lie
Dmaj7I can't forget the Awords you said
BmYou used to hold me now you C#7hurt me instead
Bridge:
DEverytime I walk away I Dmend up running back to Ayou
It's Btrue
DOther girls would treat me better
DmWhy you gotta be so cruel?
B7So cruel . . . ooooo
Solo 
Pre-chorus:
Dmaj7You were so sweet when Awe first met
BmBut then your pretty face went C#7straight to your head
Chorus 3:
Oh, youF#m're a cruel girl
ANo one else can hurt mDe like you do, girl
B7But you know I'll alwayF#ms be your fool, girl
AI could never settle for a Dnew, girl
             B7F#m. . .  A. .
Cruel giiiirrrrrl!
          D. . .   B7
You're so cruel
You're so F#mcruel
AJust don't ever tell me what we're Dthrough
B7Oh, you're so F#mcruel.

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Cruel Girl

by The Red Button

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#7

Dmaj7

Intro: (palm muted)

F#m

. . .

Chorus:

F#m

Cruel Girl

A D

Why you gotta treat me like a fool, girl?

B7 F#m

Bring me down with everything you do, girl?

A D

Break my faithful little heart in two, girl?

Cruel girl

Verse 1:

E C#7 F#m

I know that I should go, I should walk away.

E C#7 F#m

But when I think of how things were only yesterday

It makes me stay

Pre-chorus:

Dmaj7 A

You were so sweet when we first met

Bm C#7

Now you're so bad to me I just can't forget

Chorus 2:

F#m

You're a cruel girl

A D

I'll do anything you wanna do, girl

B7 F#m

I'll believe that every lie is true, girl

A D

I could never settle for a new girl

Cruel Girl

Verse 2:

E C#7 F#m

What keeps me standing here, staying by your side?

E C#7 F#m

When the way you treat me girl only hurts my pride

I can't lie

Dmaj7 A

I can't forget the words you said

Bm C#7

You used to hold me now you hurt me instead

Bridge:

D Dm A

Everytime I walk away I end up running back to you

It's true

Other girls would treat me better

Why you gotta be so cruel?

So cruel . . . ooooo

Solo

Pre-chorus:

Dmaj7 A

You were so sweet when we first met

Bm C#7

But then your pretty face went straight to your head

Chorus 3:

F#m

Oh, you're a cruel girl

A D

No one else can hurt me like you do, girl

B7 F#m

But you know I'll always be your fool, girl

A D

I could never settle for a new, girl

B7 A

F#m. . . . .

Cruel giiiirrrrrl!

D. . . B7

You're so cruel

F#m

You're so cruel

A D

Just don't ever tell me what we're through

B7 F#m

Oh, you're so cruel.

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