Bittersweet Chords & Tabs
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Bittersweet
by
Sara Bareilles
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Transcribed By: May Anne Luyun
Key: G
Standard Tuning
Intro: C (pause)
Verse 1:
D/F# G
Bittersweet sea – sons
D/F# Em C
Mistake a warm winter for spring
D/F# G D/F# Em C
Seems like I’m best at leaving when leaving is not the best thing
Pre – Chorus 1:
G D/F#
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
Em C
That’s just the way it goes now
Verse 2:
D/F# G D/F# Em C
I call you mis - placed but never a waste of my time
D/F# G
Everybody’s gonna make mistakes,
D/F# Em C
But you’ll never be one of mine
Pre – Chorus 2:
G D/F#
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
Em C
That’s just the way it goes now
G D/F#
I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did
Em C
That’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 1:
G (bass line:B-C-D) D#dim
Loved me fearless when you needed to
Em A/C#
You would not rest till you came through
C D C
So God bless and thank you
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Verse 3:
D/F# G D/F# Em C
There is no an - ger, it's just you and I and the truth
D/F# G D/F# Em C
You can try to make her but love will not be forced to bloom, to bloom
Pre – Chorus 3:
G D/F#
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
Em C
That’s just the way it goes now
G D/F#
The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and,
Em C
That’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 2:
G (bass line:B-C-D) D#dim
You would not break but you could bend
Em A/C#
And for love’s sake you let love end,
C D
But I still swear that you were God sent
Instrumental:
Em – A – Em – A – Em – A – C – D
Pre – Chorus 4:
G D/F#
And you stood before me knowing that the wings I have you gave
Em C
And that’s just the way it goes now
G D/F#
And I barely have the breath to breathe much less to fly away
Em C
And that’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 3:
G (bass line:B-C-D) D#dim Em
And a silence entered the room for a one last,
A/C#
"I’m gonna love you"
C D#dim Em – A/C# -
So God bless and thank you
C D C - D
So God bless and thank you, thank you
C - D
Yeah
C - D(pause)
