Cruel Summer Uke tab by Taylor Swift

5 Chords used in the song: G, C, D, Bm, Em

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Year:  2019
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3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
[Intro]
G chordG G chordG G chordG G chordG
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 1]
C chordC D chordD
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
You know that I caught it
C chordC D chordD
Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
You know that I bought it

[Pre-Chorus]
C chordC D chordD
Killing me slow, out the window
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
I'm always waiting for you to be waiting below
C chordC C chordC
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
D chordD D chordD
What doesn't kill me makes me want you more

[Chorus]
G chordG
And it's new, the shape of your body
Bm chordBm
It's blue, the feeling I've got
Em chordEm
And it's ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
Bm chordBm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em chordEm
But ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG
With you

[Verse 2]
C chordC D chordD Bm chordBm
Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine
Em chordEm
I'm not buying
C chordC D chordD Bm chordBm
You say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times
Em chordEm
We're not trying

[Pre-Chorus 2]
C chordC D chordD
So cut the headlights, summer's a knife
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
C chordC C chordC
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
D chordD D chordD
And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know

[Chorus]
G chordG
And it's new, the shape of your body
Bm chordBm
It's blue, the feeling I've got
Em chordEm
And it's ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
Bm chordBm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em chordEm
But ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG -
With you

[Bridge]
G chordG
I'm drunk in the back of the car
Bm chordBm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
Em chordEm
Said I'm fine, but it wasn't true
C chordC
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
G chordG
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)

And I screamed for whatever it's worth
C chordC PAUSE
"I love you," ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?

He looks so pretty like a devil

[Chorus]
G chordG
And it's new, the shape of your body
Bm chordBm
It's blue, the feeling I've got
Em chordEm
And it's ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
Bm chordBm
No rules, unbreakable heaven
Em chordEm
But ooh, whoa oh
C chordC
It's a cruel summer
G chordG -
With you

[Outro]
G chordG
I'm drunk in the back of the car
Bm chordBm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)
Em chordEm
Said I'm fine, but it wasn't true
C chordC
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
G chordG
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Bm chordBm Em chordEm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)

And I screamed for whatever it's worth
C chordC PAUSE G chordG G chordG
"I love you," ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?

Uke tab by , 03 Sep 2019

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aquarius102 avatar
Replace Bm with Am
23 Apr 2022
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NateLovie avatar
Should be "He looks up grinnin' like a devil"
21 Apr 2021
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ukelover374 avatar
I don't have a capo, sadly. in some parts you can play D instead of Bm. It still sounds decent.
19 Oct 2019
Correction
dirtyrug avatar
Capo on 2nd fret!
08 Sep 2019
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