So Cruel Guitar Tab

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From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff)


U2

So Cruel	(from the album "Achtung, Baby")
--------	  (Page 28, Propaganda #16)

We crossed the line
A                         Asus4

Who pushed who over?
A                         Asus4

It doesn't matter to you         it
A                         Asus4

matters to me
A                         Asus4

We're cut adrift
A                         Asus4

But still floating
A                         Asus4

I'm only hanging on
A

To watch you go down...my love
                E

I disappeared in you
A                         Asus4

You disappeared from me
A                         Asus4

I gave you everything you ever wanted
A                                   Asus4

It wasn't what you wanted
          A                         Asus4

The men who love you, you hate the most
A                                   Asus4

They pass through you like a ghost
A                                   Asus4

They look for you but your spirit is in the air
A                              Asus4           E

Baby...you're nowhere
              A                Asus4

You say in love there are no rules
A          D          E      A

Oh......love  Sweetheart
  D  E     A       E

You're so cruel
          A

Desparation is a tender trap
A                          Asus4

It gets you every time
A                          Asus4

You put your lips to her lips
A                          Asus4

To stop the lie
   A                       Asus4

Her skin is pale like God's only dove
A                                     Asus4

Screams like an angel for your love
A                                     Asus4

Then she makes you watch her from above
A                                     E

And you need her like a drug
                         A

You say in love there are no rules
A          D          E      A

Oh......love  Sweetheart
  D  E     A       E

You're so cruel
          A

She wears my love
F#m

Like a see-through dress
       D

Her lips say one thing
A

Her movements something else
    E

Oh love
   C#m

Like a screaming flower
Love
Dying every hour
            A

And you don't know if it's fear or desire
A                Asus4     A          Asus4

Danger the drug that takes you higher?
A                                  Asus4

Head of heaven
A

Fingers in the mire
      Asus4      A

Her heart is racing... you can't keep up
A                                          Asus4

The night is bleeding like a cut
A                                          Asus4

Between the horses of love and lust
A                                 Asus4

We are trampled underfoot
       E


You say in love there are no rules
A          D          E      A

Oh......love  Sweetheart
  D  E     A       E

You're so cruel
          A

To stay with you I'd be a fool
             D      E      A

oh....hah           hah   Sweetheart
   D      C#m       A   E

You're so cruel.
          A

CHORD FORMATIONS:
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A      x 0 2 2 2 x
Asus4  x 0 2 2 3 x
E      0 2 2 1 0 0
D      x x 0 2 3 2
Eadd9  x x 2 1 0 2
F#m    x x 4 2 2 2
C#m    x 4 6 6 5 4 (Probably helps to bar across fourth fret)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rebecca Average	#1 by Rebecca Lira at Dec 21, 1970 at 3:45 PM EST
	I don't care what this song is about, it has a great melancholic feel to it. I can never get tired of listening to this song.

No Picture Chris Average	#2 by Chris H... at Dec 28, 1972 at 6:29 AM EST
	If this song is really about Edge's divorce, can you imagine the heartfelt conversations he had with Bono concerning his ordeal? They had to have exchanged quite a few words for Bono to have come up with such a masterpiece of lyrics as this song.

No Picture Flash Average	#3 by Flash Jaxon at Jun 17, 1973 at 8:50 AM EST
	I think Head of heaven Fingers in the mire are some of the best lyrics. I know many people who are beautiful and kind on the outside, but are secretly dragging their fingers "in the mire"

No Picture Christian Wanna Be	#4 by Christian Chavez at Jun 18, 1974 at 6:00 AM EST
	Gosh, I love and hate this song. What Bono is singing about is a 100% the situation I'm in. Believe me, it hurts soooo much to feel like this. A great song by great Bono. Keep on rocking!

No Picture KISS is the gre Average	#5 by KISS is the greatest at Mar 12, 1978 at 9:37 PM EST
	this song makes you believe how much this person loves his wife great song... sigh

No Picture brad Average	#6 by brad everett at Apr 27, 1979 at 10:18 PM EST
	I'm surprised that nobody has commented on this song, yet! I think it's a grest song!

No Picture Jared Wanna Be	#7 by Jared van Eck at Aug 2, 1987 at 8:18 PM EST
	I love the chorus: O-o Lo-o-ove... He's so in love with her that his voice gets really emotional. But I think that in the end he understands that it's no good staying with her and he gives up: To stay with you I'd be a fool.

No Picture Ĵǿ Wanna Be	#8 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Jan 7, 1991 at 8:41 PM EST
	“Nothing much to say I guess, just the same as all the rest”. I agree with everyone here, indeed the song is agonisingly melancholic yet it is portrayed so beautifully with breathtaking imagery woven in with heart wrenching sorrow to create a masterpiece of emotional pain and agony. My favourite line (and possibly my favourite U2 lyric); Her skin is pale like God’s only dove Screams like and angel for your love Then she makes you watch her from above And you need her like a drug It breaks my heart when I hear this song, thinking that some people go through this - and even more so when I think that this song is about Edge and the heartbreak he went through when his marriage fell apart - so undeserved and nothing short of cruel

No Picture sephiroth Average	#9 by sephiroth at Nov 17, 1992 at 7:04 PM EST
	I absolutely love this song - Bono just sounds so sarcastic, and he's awesome! "I'm only hanging on to watch you go down....my love" is one of the best lines ever!! It sounds to me like the guy in the song is frustrated with the girl because she's so aloof but she's also impossible to forget about because he wants her so much. It's a kinda bitter song that is so good when you are in the mood to just be angry at someone!!

No Picture James Wanna Be	#10 by James Pigott at Apr 20, 1995 at 11:19 AM EST
	yeah these are probably the best lyrics ive ever heard in a song. Bono is such a great lyricist! obviously its about a guy who is trying to get back at an ex by giving her a taste of her own medicine. its weird though one half of the song he is talking to the girl and then its as if he is warning someone about her.

No Picture JustiN Professional	#11 by JustiN at Dec 1, 1996 at 7:25 PM EST
	I agree! People, this is one of the greatest songs on the album. I can't listen to it without getting choked up. I just hope I never get in a situation where I can 'relate' to what he's saying. That would be a very depressing time...

No Picture Dan Wanna Be	#12 by Dan Z at Sep 9, 1997 at 2:46 PM EST
	I love this song it is one of my favourites on the album. i love how Bono often uses "sweetheart" in songs, don't know why! I think this is someone who is in love but has been hurt too many times by what seems to be like a flighty other half "you say in love there are no rules". its like she doesn't care about him, but he needs her "like a drug" so can't give her up.

No Picture edwin Wanna Be	#13 by edwin henrriquez at May 17, 1999 at 9:36 AM EST
	This is definitely one of U2's greatest songs ever, much better than "Mysterious Ways" even tho that gets all the radio time. The line "and you need her like...a drug" just makes me shiver, as does all good songs... gotta love this song

No Picture Rebecca Average	#14 by Rebecca Lira at Jul 2, 1999 at 2:54 AM EST
	I spent six years in the situation that this song is about. My God, it hurts. And the lyrics are indeed brilliant. My favorite lyric is "She wears my love like a see-thru dress / her lips say one thing, her movements something else" Also, "I disappeared in you, you disappeared from me / I gave you everything you ever wanted, it wasn't what you wanted" My God... this song... this... 1.) What they had is in ruins... He won't let her destroy him... he bent over backwards to please her, and it drove her away... she doesn't like being taken care of, she doesn't think she's worth it, she uses up men and moves on because she can't stand being loved but needs to be loved... she's a nasty, frigid bitch... 2.) The more you try to hold on to her, the more you get dippy-in-love, and the more she runs away... she's so beautiful, and so damaged, and you just want to take care of her... and she pushes you away, runs off with another guy... but won't let you off the hook... she is a nasty, frigid bitch. The bridge: She puts his love on like a sexy dress when she wants to feel good about herself, but she just makes it complicated... she'll tell him she doesn't love him, but she comes running to him when she hurts... she'll tell him she needs him but she'll run away again. How can something so beautiful hurt so bad? How can she make love into something so damned horrible? 3.) In the end you can't let go, and you're not sure if it's because you're afraid of losing her or because you still love her after all this... it's like an addiction now... and she thinks you're obsessed with her but she's the one who did this to you... she won't let you go... you've tried...and you just get run over. She is one nasty, frigid bitch. This could indeed be about Aislinn O'Sullivan (Edge's first wife). It also sounds like my most recent ex-girlfriend. The hell of it is, I sitll love her. We don't talk anymore, I'm free of her, and I'm better off for it, but I miss her every day and I think I will for the rest of my life. How do you undo six years of emotional torment? I don't honestly know. She's so cruel...

No Picture mike Average	#15 by mike duncan at Mar 19, 2000 at 5:58 PM EST
	didn't bono write this song about The Edge and his ex-wife?

No Picture gabby Professional	#16 by gabby at Sep 25, 2000 at 2:43 PM EST
	Jamin946 , exactly ;) To stay with you, i'd be a fool....

No Picture Crystal Average	#17 by Crystal at Feb 17, 2001 at 1:48 PM EST
	This is one of my favourite songs from Achtung Baby. this song is so emotional about how someone can be So Cruel to someone they love. The emotion in this song is very powerful and it really hits home, to the point of tears. Incredible song.

No Picture massie Professional Badass	#18 by massie at Oct 29, 2003 at 2:34 AM EST
	Oh my god.. this song. Lies and lies... its love all about lying? You offer what he/she wants, and then you are alone, not knowing what you did wrong, alone with the ilutions of promesses... just by yourself, needing sometimes even the pain, like a drug, consuming, killing u inside, but you need him/her, you need to be hurted, it makes you feel alive, because sometimes you love, and you don´t even see what´s in front of you. But you are still all alone."You put your lips to her lips .To stop the lie" . Loves makes you go blind. Ill relation but true love. Killing-love.