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CRUEL TO BE KIND
As recorded by Nick Lowe
(From the 1979 Album LABOUR OF LUST)
Words and Music by Nick Lowe & Ian Gomm
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Bremner - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Edmunds - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=134 1.
C G/D F/C G/D
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-o||
||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-4--4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--||
||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||
||o-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
2.
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q CQ Q E E E E EmQ Q E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||o-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||o-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W W W W
|-----------------|----------------||--0-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||o-1-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--0-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||o---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|---------------|
F/CQ Q E E E E E E E E E E E E CE E Q E E Q EmE E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1--1-1-1--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
F/CQ E E EmQ E E DmQ Q E E Q F/CE E Q E E E E EmE E Q E E E E
|--------0--0-0-|-1--1--1-1-1--|----------------|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-1--1-1-0--0-0-|-3--3--3-3-3--|-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-2--2-2-0--0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2--|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0--|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|--------------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|--------0--0-0-|--------------|----------------|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
F/CQ E E E E Q G/DE E Q E E Q F/CE E E E G/DE E E E EmE E E E AmE E E E
|---------------|---------------||-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3--3-3-3--||-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--||-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--||-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------|---------------||-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|
F/C G/D Em Am F/C G/D Em Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|
1.
To Coda
F/C C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-1--1--1-1-1-1--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-2--2--2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3--3--3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||----------------|
2.
G/DQ Q E E E E F/CQ Q E E E E G/DE E Q E E E E G/DE E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4--4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
C A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
F/CGtr I G/D Em Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0--1-1--1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-4--4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0--2-2--2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-|
|------------------|-0-0-0-0-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-5-------7------7-|---7-7----8----8---|
|-6-------8------8-|---8-8---10---10---|
|-5-------7------7-|---9-9----9----9---|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
F/C G/D Em Am F/C G/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0--1-1--1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3--3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-4--4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0--2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4--4-4-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-|
|------------------|-0-0-0-0-----------|------------------|
|
| H Q. E E E E E E E E E H Q. E
|-5-------7------7-|---7-7----8----8---|-5-------7------7-|
|-6-------8------8-|---8-8---10---10---|-6-------8------8-|
|-5-------7------7-|---9-9----9----9---|-5-------7------7-|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Em Am F/C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--1-1--1-1-|-1-1-1-1--1------1--1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0--2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2------2--2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3------3--3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3--3------3--3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-----------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E H E +Q.
|---7-7----8----8---|---------12b13-(12)-----|
|---8-8---10---10---|------------------------|
|---9-9----9----9---|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
G/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--1--1------1---1--1--1------1---1-|-3----3-3---3-3---3-3---3----||
|--2--2------2---2--2--2------2---2-|-4----4-4---4-4---4-4---4----||
|--3--3------3---3--3--3------3---3-|-5----5-5---5-5---5-5---5----||
|--3--3------3---3--3--3------3---3-|-5----5-5---5-5---5-5---5----||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-12---------------10---------------|-8------7-----5-----3--------||
|-------13-(13)----------12-(12)----|---10-----8-----6-----3------||
|---------------12---------------12-|------9-----7-----5-----4----||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Out-Chorus
&
G/D F/C G/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||o-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------||------------------|
Em Am F/C G/D Em Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|
F/C G/D Em Am F/C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
G/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-----------------|------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths