xBitter Green:Gordon Lightfoot.
#44 on Canadian RPM Top Singles on
U/A Records in 1968.
***(Recorded live on stage in 1969.)***
INTRO: F Gm7 F Gm7
#1.
F
Upon the bitter green she walked,
C
the hills above the town,
Am Gm7
Echo'd to her footsteps as soft as Eider down.
Am Gm7
Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears,
C
Waiting through the years.
CHORUS:
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Walking in the sun,
Bb C F
Loving everyone that she met.
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Waiting in the sun,
Bb C F
Waiting for someone to take her home.
#2.
F C
Some say he was a sailor who sailed upon the sea.
Am Gm7
Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free.
Am Gm7
Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist,
Bb Gm7 C
Dreaming of her kiss.
CHORUS:
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Walking in the sun,
Bb C F
Loving everyone that she met.
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Watching in the sun,
Bb C F
Waiting for someone to take her home.
#3.
F C
But now the bitter green is gone, the hills have
turned to rust.
Am Gm7
There comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust.
Am Gm7
Waiting by the churchyard in the autumn mist,
Bb Gm7 C
Dreaming of her kiss.
CHORUS:
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Walking in the sun,
Bb C F
Loving everyone that she met.
F
Bitter Green they called her,
Bb C
Watching in the sun,
Bb C F
Waiting for someone...to take her home.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
