Bittersweetheart Chords & Tabs
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 16:34:22 0500
From: Bryan Pero
Soul Asylum
"Bittersweetheart"
>From "Let Your Dim Light Shine"
Transcribed by Bryan Pero (perob@willow.uml.edu)
Intro:
For the intro Dave Pirner pounds out an A chord. Then Dave
repeats the intro riff while Dan Murphy (Gtr.2) strums the A
chord once and lets it sustain through Dave's little stop-time
riff. It looks like this:
Gtr.1 (Intro Riff)
E--------------------------
B--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
G--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2-- repeat
D--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
Gtr. 2(played right before Dave repeats intro riff)
Chorus: D E A
Verse II
Bridge: D E A
Back to Chorus
Play Intro riff, then:
With Intro riff:
"In time inside you find you always wind up with a
bitterweetheart..."
Then play Chorus riffs and Outro riff. Repeat and Fade.
Chorus riffs: (Gtr.1 strum chords above tab)
A D E
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------1-1--
D----------------------------4~-2~--2-2--
A--0--2--2-2--2--4~-0---0--0--------2-2--
E----------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/soul_asylum/bittersweetheart_tab.html ]
A D E
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--4---4br-4-2-0-2--2~-0-2~-4--
E----------------------------------------------------
Outro Riff: (I¹ve include the time on the CD to help you
follow the tab)
2:58 3:05
A| D E A|
E---V------------------------------------------V-------------
B--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
G--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
D--------------------------5-5----------------------------7--
A--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-4--------------------5--7-7--7-9----
E------------------------------0--5--5-5--7-5----------------
3:10
|
E----------V---------------------------------------------
B-----------------------14-------------------------------
G--7-------/14-14-14----14----7--------7-------7-7-------Repea
t and Fade
D----9--7--/14-14-14----14----7----7---7---7---7-7----7--
A-------------------------------9--------9---------9-----
E--------------------14----------------------------------
Also during the Outro, while Dan Murphy is playing the solo
stuff,
Dave Pirner, while playing his A and D chords, plays a D like
this: D-007777-
The rest of the chord forms are first position for Dave
Pirner(Gtr.1) and power chords for Dan Murphy.
Well, that¹s it!! Send me any comments!!
