Bittersweet Chords

by Hoodoo Gurus
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Just added the intro riff and the little lick when they do the A G at the end of the choruses.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author leecanning [a] 41.
1 contributor total, last edit on Mar 14, 2021

Chords

G
C
D
E
A

Strumming

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Intro riff is a D chord shape on the 7th fret, then 8th fret on high E whilst holdng that shape then a the
 other shape is 7th fret on the G and B and 5th fret on high E. Hope that makes sense!!
 
[Verse]
D       (Strum palm muted D through first verse until drums kick in)
You are my sword.
Your love is its own reward.
My heart, I have found,
Gets carved surely by the pound.
G  C       G  D
 
[Verse]
God knows. I tried,
Tried to hold you with all my might
But time has won,
And I could never be that strong.
 
[Chorus]
 G  C       G  D
(Don't cry) I couldn't be that strong,
(Don't cry) That used to be my favourite song.
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Fill my eyes whenever we meet,
 A    G                        (On the A they hit 3rd and 4th fret on the A string also here)
It's always bittersweet.
 
[Verse]
D  G      C   G
I cut and I bleed.
You seem to find that so hard to believe!
That's just too, too bad.
You could never touch the love that we had.
 
[Chorus]
D  G      C   G
(Don't cry) For the love we had,
(Don't cry) Sometimes we try to take it back.
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Kiss my cheeks whenever we meet.
A    G                          (On the A they hit 3rd and 4th fret on the A string also here)
It's always bittersweet.
 
[SOLO]    D  G    C   G
 
[Chorus]
D   G       C   G
(Don't Cry) For a love-gone-wrong
(Don't cry) That used to be my favourite song
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
Fill my eyes whenever we meet.
A     G                        (On the A they hit 3rd and 4th fret on the A string also here)
Anyway...
 
[Verse]
E   A     D   A
We've grown and times change.
When we meet now it feels so strange.
I hold you like a sword
You won't cut me like you did before.
It's always bittersweet.
E  A    D  A  til end with little guitar solo bit
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Bittersweet – Hoodoo Gurus
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classic56cuzz1
Hello out there, I was going through the song from my media-player while reading the vocals. This was my first Gurus song i bought when it first came out. Now after the Solo, the Verse before it finishes with "Kiss my cheeks whenever we meet, at the end of the next verse "after Solo",before ANYWAY.The last line is written as "Kiss my eyes whenever we meet" I think it should go "Fill my eyes whenever we meet",Like at the end of the 1st or 2nd verse.I hope this helps, Philip.
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