Cruel Summer
Recorded by Taylor Swift
Album: Lover (2019)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
(G) Yeah, (G) yeah, (G) yeah, (G) yeah

(Verse 1)
(C)Fever dream high in the (D)quiet of the night
You (Bm)know that I caught it (Em) (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
(C)Bad, bad boy, shiny (D)toy with a price
You (Bm)know that I bought it (Em) (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)

(Pre-Chorus 1)
Killing me (C)slow, out the win-(D)dow
I’m always waiting (Bm)for you to be waiting be-(Em)low
Devils roll the (C)dice, angels roll their eyes
What doesn’t (D)kill me makes me want you more

(Chorus 1)
And it’s (G)new, the shape of your body
It’s (Bm)blue, the feeling I’ve got
And it’s (Em)ooh, ooh ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer
It’s (G)cool, that’s what I tell ’em
No (Bm)rules in breakable heaven
But (Em)ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer, with (G)you

(Verse 2)
(C)Hang your head low in the (D)glow of the vending ma-(Bm)chine
I’m not dying (Em) (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
We say that we’ll (C)just screw it (D)up in these trying (Bm)times
We’re not trying (Em) (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)

(Pre-Chorus 2)
So cut the head-(C)lights, summer’s a (D)knife
I’m always waiting (Bm)for you just to cut to the (Em)bone
Devils roll the (C)dice (dice), angels roll their eyes (eyes)
And if I (D)bleed, you’ll be the last to know

(Chorus 2)
Oh it’s (G)new, the shape of your body
It’s (Bm)blue, the feeling I’ve got
And it’s (Em)ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer
It’s (G)cool, that’s what I tell ’em
No (Bm)rules in breakable heaven
But (Em)ooh, ooh ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer, with you

(Bridge)
(G) I’m drunk in the back of the car
And I (Bm)cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
(Em) Said "I’m fine", but it wasn’t true
I don’t (C)wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And (G)I snuck in through the garden gate
Every (Bm)night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
(Em) And I scream "For whatever it’s worth
I (C)love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever (NC)heard?”
(NC)He looks up, grinning like a devil

(Chorus 3)
It’s (G)new, the shape of your body
It’s (Bm)blue, the feeling I’ve got
And it’s (Em)ooh, ooh,  ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer
It’s (G)cool, that’s what I tell ’em
No (Bm)rules in breakable heaven
But (Em)ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
It’s a (C)cruel summer, with you

(Outro.)
(G) I’m drunk in the back of the car
And I (Bm)cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
(Em) Said "I’m fine", but it wasn’t true
I don’t (C)wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And I (G) snuck in through the garden gate
Every (Bm)night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
(Em) And I scream "For whatever it’s worth
I (C)love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever (G)heard?"
 (C)(Yeah, (C)yeah, (C)yeah, (C)yeah) - - - - -