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Chorus:
F                           Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
F                               C C7
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
          F           F7
I've been living too fast
                Bb
And I've been living too wrong
F               C         F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Verse 1:
                F                         Bb
This big ol' world sure got me running 'round
             F                            C C7
I heard a voice that said, "Just settle down"
                 F             F7
And with the moonlight as my guide
                 Bb
And with this feeling deep inside
        F       C               F
I know now that I am homeward bound
     F                               Bb
As I wander through the pines, the whisperings, they tell
       F                    C        C7
Of the many before me who tried and fell
        F            F7
Seeking fortune and ways
   Bb
To get to glory days
        F      C                F
Looking for a place in this old world

Chorus:
F                           Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
F                               C C7
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
          F           F7
I've been living too fast
                Bb
And I've been living too wrong
F               C         F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Solo:

xA|-6--------6----------------6---6-------------------|
xE|---4-4-1----4-3-4----4-------1----4-4-1--4-1---1-4-|
xC|---------------------------------------1-----3-----|
xG|--5-3------5------3----3-5-------5-3---------------|

Verse 2:
         F             Bb
Desert road, desert plains
        F             C C7
I have seen so much pain
       F   F7        Bb
Now I see into the eyes of a girl
     F       C             F
No more, no more, cruel world
      F                 Bb
Dusty trail saw a vapor light
          F                              C    C7
Was it mirage? Don't know but it seemed right
        F              F7
I felt mission I felt trust
       Bb
I knew that then I must
      F       C           F
Go to her, away from this cruel world

Chorus:
F                           Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
F                               C C7
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
          F           F7
I've been living too fast
                Bb
And I've been living too wrong
F               C         F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Solo:

xA|-6--------6----------------6---6-------------------|
xE|---4-4-1----4-3-4----4-------1----4-4-1--4-1---1-4-|
xC|---------------------------------------1-----3-----|
xG|--5-3------5------3----3-5-------5-3---------------|

Chorus:
F                           Bb
Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?
F                               C C7
Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on
          F           F7
I've been living too fast
                Bb
And I've been living too wrong
F               C         F
Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone
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girlonfire

i love this song on the uke!!!

Also hello fellow lgbt+ peeps

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gorlinred

I use -1 and a strumming pattern of UD and for the E in “guard’s down” I just do one strum up. If the E chord is too hard for you E7 also works well, hope this helps

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Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound.

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