By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

Verse :

E) Cruel Truth

E) Go (B) away

B) You’ve got no (E) place

E) Where love has come to (A) stay

A) We don’t (E) hear

E) Your plainsong (B) blues

A) We’ve got no use for (E) you

E) Cruel Truth

E) Make some (B) time

B) Can’t you (E) see we

E) Don’t want you on our (A) minds

A) Go (E) find

E) Someone (B) new

A) We won’t look for (E) you

Chorus :

A) Cruel Truth

says that love is (E) a living thing

A) It laughs and it cries

C#m) sometimes it steals and it lies

Bm) And like the lamb or the dog or the fish or the bird that (A) flies

B) Sometimes it (E) dies

(Instrumental over verse chord progression)

Bridge :

E) You used to (G#m) live

down the (A) street

F#) I didn’t bother you

B) You didn’t bother me

G#m) Now if you go back

A) Pretend you never walked by

F#) It wouldn’t hurt anybody

B) Like a little white lie

Verse :

E) Cruel Truth

E) Go to (B) hell

B) We’re not (E) buying

E) What you’ve got to (A) sell

A) Get (E) lost

E) And don’t get (B) found

A) See you (E) around

Chorus :

A) Cruel Truth

says that love is (E) a living thing

A) It laughs and it cries

C#m) sometimes it steals and it lies

Bm) And like the lamb or the dog or the fish or the bird that (A) flies

B) Sometimes it (E) dies

Verse :

E) Cruel Truth

E) Welcome (B) home

B) I don’t know (E) why

E) It’s you and me all (A) alone

A) You always (E) win

E) I’ve got the (B) proof

A) It’s you and me, (E) cruel truth

Chorus :

A) Cruel Truth

says that love is (E) a living thing

A) It laughs and it cries

C#m) sometimes it steals and it lies

Bm) And like the lamb or the dog or the fish or the bird that (A) flies

B) Sometimes it (E) dies

D-A) Sometimes it E) dies

D-A-E