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    Cruel Summer Chords | How To Play Cruel Summer On Guitar By Taylor Swift

    Jamesy MulliganBy Jamesy MulliganMarch 4, 20250286 Mins Read
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    Table of contents
    1. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Verse 1
    2. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Pre-Chorus 1
    3. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 1
    4. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Verse 2
    5. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Pre-Chorus 2
    6. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 2
    7. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Bridge
    8. Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 3

    [Intro]
    G
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Verse 1

    C                                D
    Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
               Bm                                         Em
    You know that I caught it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
    C                        D
    Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
              Bm                                          Em
    You know that I bought it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Pre-Chorus 1

                        C                              D
    Killing me slow, out the window
                                        Bm                                     Em
    I’m always waiting for you to be waiting below
                               C
    Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
                               D
    What doesn’t kill me makes me want you more

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 1

                    G
    And it’s new, the shape of your body
          Bm
    It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
                    Em
    And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C
    It’s a cruel summer

           G
    It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
           Bm
    No rules in breakable heaven
            Em
    But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C                                   G
    It’s a cruel summer, with you

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Verse 2

    C                                     D                                                         Bm
    Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine
                                      Em
    I’m not dying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
            C                               D                                                    Bm
    We say that we’ll just screw it up in these trying times
                                             Em
    We’re not trying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Pre-Chorus 2

                                   C                             D
    So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife
                                        Bm                                   Em
    I’m always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
                                C
    Devils roll the dice (dice), angels roll their eyes (eyes)
                   D
    And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 2

                 G
    Oh it’s new, the shape of your body
           Bm
    It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
                    Em
    And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C
    It’s a cruel summer

          G
    It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
           Bm
    No rules in breakable heaven
            Em
    But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C                                   (G)
    It’s a cruel summer, with you

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Bridge

    G
    I’m drunk in the back of the car
               Bm
    And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
    Em
    Said “I’m fine”, but it wasn’t true
                  C
    I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you

            G
    And I snuck in through the garden gate
                Bm
    Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
    Em
    And I scream “For whatever it’s worth
       C                                                                                  N.C.
    I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?”

    He looks up, grinning like a devil

    Cruel Summer Chords/Lyrics/Chorus 3

           G
    It’s new, the shape of your body
           Bm
    It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
                    Em
    And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C
    It’s a cruel summer

           G
    It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
           Bm
    No rules in breakable heaven
            Em
    But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
              C                                   (G)
    It’s a cruel summer, with you

    [Outro]
    G
    I’m drunk in the back of the car
                Bm
    And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
    Em
    Said “I’m fine”, but it wasn’t true
                  C
    I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you

            G
    And I snuck in through the garden gate
                Bm
    Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
    Em
    And I scream “For whatever it’s worth
      C                                                                                  G
    I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?”

    (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

    Taylor Swift
    Jamesy Mulligan
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