This is the acoustic version of the song. The chords might transfer over to the album version but I have not verified it. Chords used: F C Am G |--1---0---0---3--| |--1---1---1---0--| |--2---0---2---0--| |--3---2---2---0--| |--3---3---0---2--| |--------------3--| Intro: F C Am x3 F C Am I saw a girl flip a stroller F C Am That was holding her baby sister F C Am Her mother screamed and came runnin F C Am I couldn't believe what I'd seen F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! Repeat Intro F C Am There's a man on my corner F C Am He's been layin face down for days F C Am I don't walk by that corner F C Am When I go to work I walk another way F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! Bridge: |-0-00-00-00000-1-00-0-0-0--------| |-1-00-33-01010-1-11-1-1-1--------| |-2-22-22-22222-2-00-0-0-0----020-| x4 |-2-22-22-22222-3-22-2-2-2-002----| |-0-00-00-00000-3-33-3-3-3--------| |---------------------------------| Chords after the little solo: G F Am G F Am G Am G F C Am I don't know just what you've done F C Am I probably couldn't believe what you've seen F C Am As we get older it gets clearer F C Am And I'm sure we could all agree Gap between verse and chorus: F C Am F C Am F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! F C F C G It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world! End on G with some cool strumming.