Cruel Tab

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                             CRUEL - Dane Rumble
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Tabbed by: Mike
Email: mikemonk7@gmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Intro/Chorus Riff
 
Strum the A, E, and F#m chords 5 times each, then just once on the D chord and let ring
         A             E          F#m      D
e|-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0-0-0-0-0-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-7-|
G|-9—-9—-9—-9—-9—-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-7-|
D|-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-7-|
A|----------------7-7-7-7-7-9—-9—-9—-9—-9—-5-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
Verse 1
 
First half of the verse is no guitar, just bass, but you can use these chords:
 
   A E F#m D
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-------7-|
D|-7-2-4-7-|
A|-7-2-4—5-|
E|-5-0-2---|
 
2nd half a little lead riff comes in:
 
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
Pre-chorus
 
   D E F#m D
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-7-9-11-7-|
D|-7-9-11-7-|
A|-5-7-9—-5-|
E|----------|
And did you wanna stay there…
 
Play these chords until you get to “rather you’d fade away”
 
On “rather” play e|-0-| and on “fade” play e|-0-|
                 B|-X-|                    B|-X-|
                 G|-7-|                    G|-9-|
                 D|-7-|                    D|-9-|
                 A|-5-|                    A|-7-|
                 E|---|                    E|---|
Chorus
 
         A            E           F#m      D
e|-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0-0-0-0-0-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-7-|
G|-9—-9—-9—-9—-9—-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-7-|
D|-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-7-|
A|----------------7-7-7-7-7-9—-9—-9—-9—-9—-5-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
How could she be so cruel…
 
Post-chorus (when he’s singing “I doubt it, I doubt it” etc)
 
An A, E, F#m, D progression again. Do the same as in the first half of Verse 1.
 
Verse 2
 
Use same chords as in Verse 1.
 
Lead riff goes:
 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
Pre-chorus
 
Chorus
 
Post-chorus
 
Differs slightly to the previous post-chorus.
Riff goes F#m, E, F#m, D, E, F#m
 
Play these chords:
 
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-11-9-11-7-9-11-|
D|-11-9-11-7-9-11-|
A|--9—7-9—-5-7-9--|
E|----------------|
 
Bridge
 
During the first half (when he’s rapping) the riff stays the same.
The keyboard riff (on D, E, F#m) goes like this:
   D      E       F#m
e|-------------------|
B|---9-10-9-10-12-10-|
G|-11----------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
 
During the second half of the bridge, when he’s singing again, the riff is just F#m, E like so:
 
e|------|
B|------|
G|-11-9-|
D|-11-9-|
A|--9—7-|
E|------|
 
Chorus
 
Post-chorus
 
End on A
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