Bittersweet
Written and performed by Hoodoo Gurus
Transcribed by Duke
Standard tuning
Intro:
G C G D (x4)
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
G C G D (x2)(strummed)
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
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
A G
Fill my eyes whenever we meet,
A G
It's always bittersweet
G C G D
I cut and I bleed
G C G D
You seem to find that so hard to believe
G C G D
Well that's just too, too bad
G C G D
You could never touch the love that we had
G C G D
(Don't cry) For the love we had,
G C G D
(Don't cry) Sometimes we try to take it back
G C G D
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
A G
That kiss my cheeks whenever we meet
A G
It's always bittersweet
G C G D
(Don't cry) For a love-gone-wrong
G C G D
(Don't cry) That used to be my favorite song
G C G D
(Don't cry) Tears so bittersweet
A G
Fill my eyes whenever we meet,
A G
Anyway...
A D A E
We've grown and times change
A D A E
When we meet now it feels so strange
A D A E
Well I hold you like a sword
A D A E
And you won't cut me cut me like you did before
A D A E
It's always bittersweet
A D A E
It's always bittersweet
A D A E
It's always bittersweet
A D A E
Bittersweet, bittersweet
(A D A E until fade)
That's it! Hope you enjoy playing it!
-Duke
