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This is the acoustic version of the song. The chords might transfer over to the
album version but I have not verified it.
Chords used:
F C Am G
|--1---0---0---3--|
|--1---1---1---0--|
|--2---0---2---0--|
|--3---2---2---0--|
|--3---3---0---2--|
|--------------3--|
Intro: F C Am x3
F C Am
I saw a girl flip a stroller
F C Am
That was holding her baby sister
F C Am
Her mother screamed and came runnin
F C Am
I couldn't believe what I'd seen
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
Repeat Intro
F C Am
There's a man on my corner
F C Am
He's been layin face down for days
F C Am
I don't walk by that corner
F C Am
When I go to work I walk another way
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
Bridge:
|-0-00-00-00000-1-00-0-0-0--------|
|-1-00-33-01010-1-11-1-1-1--------|
|-2-22-22-22222-2-00-0-0-0----020-| x4
|-2-22-22-22222-3-22-2-2-2-002----|
|-0-00-00-00000-3-33-3-3-3--------|
|---------------------------------|
Chords after the little solo:
G F Am G F Am G Am G
F C Am
I don't know just what you've done
F C Am
I probably couldn't believe what you've seen
F C Am
As we get older it gets clearer
F C Am
And I'm sure we could all agree
Gap between verse and chorus:
F C Am F C Am
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
F C F C G
It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!
End on G with some cool strumming.