Don’t Be Cruel

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(remember: sniff-bop, sniff-bop, sniff-bop bop)
intro - 4 bars
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verse 1
    |D             |
You know I can be  found
        (bop   bop       bop bop)
|D                |
Sitting home all alone,
      (bop   bop        bop bop)
   |G              |
If you can't come around,
      (bop   bop         bop bop)
   |D               |
At least please telephone.
        (bop    bop        bop bop)
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
        (aaah  aaa-a-a-a-a-a-ah     aaaah) 
 
verse 2
|D                  |
Baby, if I made you mad 
    (bop   bop          bop bop)
    |                      |
For something I might have said,
         (bop   bop              bop bop)
|G                       |
Please, let's forget the past, 
       (bop      bop           bop bop)
    |D                   |
The future looks bright ahead,
        (bop     bop           bop bop)
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
        (aaah  aaa-a-a-a-a-a-ah     aaaah) 
        |G            |A
I don't want no other love,
       (aa-a-a-a-a-ah aaah) 
|G             |A               |D      |
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.
(aa-a-a-a-a-ah aaah) 
 
verse 3
|D                  |
Don't stop thinking of me,
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Don't make me feel this way,
|G                  |
C'mon over here and love me,
    |D                      |
You know what I want you to say.
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
    |G            |A
Why should we be apart?
  |G              |A             |D      |
I really love you baby, cross my heart.
 
verse 4
|D                   |
Let's walk up to the preacher 
    |            |
And let us say I do,
|G                      |
Then you'll know you'll have me,
         |D                  |
And I'll know that I'll have you,
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
        |G            |A
I don't want no other love,
|G             |A               |D      |/
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of. (stop)
 
outro
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
         |Em   |A                   |D     |
Don't be cruel    to a heart that's true.
        |G            |A
I don't want no other love,
|G             |A               |D     |/
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.