Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:06:32 -0000
From: Douglas Shearer <douglas@shearer2668.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: j/jam/the_bitterest_pill.crd
The Bitterest Pill (I ever had to swallow)
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By THE JAM
Transcribed by Douglas F Shearer (28/01/2003 - 20:42).
All my own work.
Notes : Great song, watch out for the timing on the chorus -
just before the breaks.
Chords
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D - 000232
Bm - x24432
C - x32010
A - x02220
G - 320033
E - 022100
Intro - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)
Verse 1
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A E
In your white lace .... your wedding bells
Bm D A E
You look the picture ..contented new wealth
A E
But from the on-looking fool ...believed your lies
Bm A E
I wish this grave .... open up and swallow me alive
Chorus
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Bm A G A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
Bm A G A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
*Break* - D / C / Bm / A / D
Verse 2
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A E
When the wheel ... fortune broke, you fell to me
Bm D A E
Out of grey skies .. change my misery
A E
The vacant spot, .... beating heart took its place
Bm A E
But now I watch smoke leave .. lips and fill an empty room
Chorus
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Bm A G A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
Bm A G A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
D Bm
The bitterest pill .. mine to take
D C Bm
A
If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill
*Break* - - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)
Verse 3
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A E
Now autumn's breeze .... summer's leaves through my life
Bm D A E
Twisted and broken dawn, .. days with sunlight
A E
The dying spark, ... left your mark on me
D(hold) A E (cres.)
The promise of .... kiss, but with someone else
Chorus
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Bm A G A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
Bm A G A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
D Bm
The bitterest pill .. mine to take
D C Bm A
If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill
Fade out.
The End.
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