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(Bryan Ferry and David A Stewart)
Intro:   D#m    F#  G#(7)  D#m  
My sD#mun is set - and my day is done 
When I tF#urn to the east I can see no dawn 
    G#(7)
But iron horse come - buffalo gone 
Like blD#mades of grass they cut us all down 
Yes I know what it is to be free 
To run as far as the eye can see 
But long knife come - buffalo gone 
Like blades of grass they cut us all down 
               F#                  G#       D#m|
     Why in the world are you so cruel?    |x2
Here is a girl who's working in a factory 
Spends all her time there thinking what she want to be 
She got no boyfriend - she got no window 
She just a lonely heart - it's tearing me apart 
There's a boy now doesn't have a word to say 
Cat got your tongue now - night to night and day to day 
He got no girl friend - he got no money 
He just a lonely heart - it's tearing me apart 
     Why in the world are you so cruel? 
Intro
Everywhere I go there's a world full of heartbreak 
Hole in the sky now - tell me where for God's sake 
Where is that sunshine? where is that rainbow? 
Who got an answer here? tell me what I want to know 
Nobody knows the trouble I see 
Nobody cares - nobody but me 
And James Bond, Jackie O, Johnnie Ray and Garbo 
Who got an answer here? tell me what I want to know 
     Why in the world are you so cruel?

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Cruel

by Bryan Ferry

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D#m

(Bryan Ferry and David A Stewart)

D#m F# G# D#m

Intro: (7)

D#m

My sun is set - and my day is done

When I turn to the east I can see no dawn

(7)

But iron horse come - buffalo gone

D#m

Like blades of grass they cut us all down

Yes I know what it is to be free

To run as far as the eye can see

But long knife come - buffalo gone

Like blades of grass they cut us all down

F# G# D#m

Why in the world are you so cruel? |x2

Here is a girl who's working in a factory

Spends all her time there thinking what she want to be

She got no boyfriend - she got no window

She just a lonely heart - it's tearing me apart

There's a boy now doesn't have a word to say

Cat got your tongue now - night to night and day to day

He got no girl friend - he got no money

He just a lonely heart - it's tearing me apart

Why in the world are you so cruel?

Intro

Everywhere I go there's a world full of heartbreak

Hole in the sky now - tell me where for God's sake

Where is that sunshine? where is that rainbow?

Who got an answer here? tell me what I want to know

Nobody knows the trouble I see

Nobody cares - nobody but me

And James Bond, Jackie O, Johnnie Ray and Garbo

Who got an answer here? tell me what I want to know

Why in the world are you so cruel?

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