Bittersweet Chords

Bittersweet
Written and performed by Hoodoo Gurus
 
Standard tuning
 
 
[Intro]
G C G D (x4)
 
[Verse]
G C       G D
   You are   my sword
G C          G       D
   Your love is it's own reward
G C         G D
   My heart,   I have found,
G C            G      D
   Gets carved surely by the pound
 
[Break]
G C G D   x2
 
[Verse]
G C          G D
   God knows    I tried,
G C              G        D
   Tried to hold you with all my might
G C        G D
   But time   has won,
G C                 G D
   And I could never   be that strong
 
[Chorus]
 G     C      G        D
(Don't cry) I couldn't be that strong,
 G     C    G       D
(Don't cry)    That used to be my favourite song
 G     C    G        D
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
 G     C    G  D                         A
(Don't cry)     Fill my eyes whenever we meet
       G
It's always bittersweet
 
[Verse]
G D        G C
   I'm cut     and I bleed
G D                      G  C
   You seem to find that so hard to believe
G D            G    C
   Well that's just too, too bad
G D                G         C
   You could never touch the love that we had
 
[Chorus]
 G     D    G       C
(Don't cry) For the love we had,
 G     D    G       C
(Don't cry)     Sometimes we try to take it back
 G     D    G     C
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
 G     D    G      C                          A
(Don't cry)   That kiss my cheeks whenever we meet
       G
It's always bittersweet
 
[Break]
G D     G C    x4
 
[Chorus]
 G     D    G     C
(Don't cry) For a love gone wrong
 G     D    G      C
(Don't cry)   That used to be my favorite song
 G     D    G       C
(Don't cry)   Tears so bittersweet
 G     D    G    C                        A
(Don't cry)      Fill my eyes whenever we meet,
   G
Anyway...
 
[Verse]
  E            A  D
   We've grown      and times change
A E             A      D
   When we meet now it feels so strange
A E            A   D
   Well I hold you like a sword
A E                  A   D                  (A E)
   And you won't cut me, cut me like you did before...
 
[Break]
A E    A  D   x4
 
[Coda]
A    E      A     D
It's always bittersweet
A    E      A     D
It's always bittersweet
A    E      A     D
It's always bittersweet
A    E      A     D
Bittersweet, bittersweet
 
[Outro]
A E    A D
 
(until fade)
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