JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Cruel to be Kind" merupakan lagu Nick Lowe yang telah dirilis sejak 1979.
Lagu ini tergabung dalam album Nick Lowe yang berjudul Labour of Lust.
Album yang memuat 13 buah lagu tersebut diproduseri oleh Nick Lowe sendiri.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Cruel to be Kind" dari Nick Lowe:
[Intro]
C Em F G (2x)
[Verse 1]
C Em
Oh, I can't stand another heart-ache
F Dm7 G
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end
C Em F Em
You say your love is bona fide, but that don't coincide
Dm F Em F G
With the things that you do, when I ask you, to be nice - you say
[Chorus]
F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G C Em F G
Ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be kind
[Verse 2]
C Em
Well I do my best to understand you (it)
F Dm7 G
But you still mystify, and I wanna know why
C Em
I pick myself up, off the ground
F Em Dm F
To have you knock me back down, again and again
Em F G
When I ask you to explain - you say
[Chorus]
F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G C Em
Ba-by, you gotta be cruel to be kind
[Instrumental]
F G Em Am x3
G G G
[Verse 3]
C Em
Well I do my best to understand you (it)
F Dm7 G
But you still mystify, and I wanna know why
C Em
I pick myself up, off the ground
F Em Dm F
To have you knock me back down, again and again
Em F G
When I ask you to explain - you say
[Chorus]
F G Em Am
You gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
F G Em Am
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
G
Ba-by, you gotta be ,you gotta be