Intro:
Ab
  (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
 
Verse 1:
Db               Eb
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
     Cm                       Fm
You know that I caught it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
Db            Eb
Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price
     Cm                       Fm
You know that I bought it (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
 
Pre-chorus 1:
           Db               Eb
Killing me slow, out the window
                   Cm                     Fm
I’m always waiting for you to be waiting below
                Db
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
             Eb
What doesn’t kill me makes me want you more
 
Chorus 1:
         Ab
And it’s new, the shape of your body
     Cm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
         Fm
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db
It’s a cruel summer
 
     Ab
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
   Cm
No rules in breakable heaven
    Fm
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db                 Ab
It’s a cruel summer, with you
 
Verse 2:
Db                 Eb                            Cm
Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine
                  Fm
I’m not dying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
   Db                  Eb                           Cm
We say that we’ll just screw it up in these trying times
                     Fm
We’re not trying (oh yeah, you’re right, I want it)
 
Pre-chorus 2:
               Db               Eb
So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife
                   Cm                    Fm
I’m always waiting for you just to cut to the bone
                Db
Devils roll the dice (dice), angels roll their eyes (eyes)
         Eb
And if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know
 
Chorus 2:
        Ab
Oh it’s new, the shape of your body
     Cm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
         Fm
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db
It’s a cruel summer
 
     Ab
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
   Cm
No rules in breakable heaven
    Fm
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db                ( Ab )
It’s a cruel summer, with you
 
Bridge:
Ab
  I’m drunk in the back of the car
      Cm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Fm
   Said "I’m fine", but it wasn’t true
        Db
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
 
    Ab
And I snuck in through the garden gate
      Cm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
Fm
   And I scream "For whatever it’s worth
  Db                                            (nc)
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?"
 
He looks up, grinning like a devil
 
Chorus 3:
     Ab
It’s new, the shape of your body
     Cm
It’s blue, the feeling I’ve got
         Fm
And it’s ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db
It’s a cruel summer
 
     Ab
It’s cool, that’s what I tell ’em
   Cm
No rules in breakable heaven
    Fm
But ooh-ooh ooh whoa-oh
       Db                ( Ab )
It’s a cruel summer, with you
 
Outro:
Ab
  I’m drunk in the back of the car
      Cm
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Fm
   Said "I’m fine", but it wasn’t true
        Db
I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you
 
    Ab
And I snuck in through the garden gate
      Cm
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
Fm
   And I scream "For whatever it’s worth
  Db                                            Ab
I love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?"
 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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