Bittersweet Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C

Verse 1

 Bittersweet D/F♯sea – Gsons

D/F♯Mistake a warEmm winter for springC

 Seems like I’m D/F♯best at Gleaving when D/F♯leaving is Emnot the best thingC

Pre – Chorus 1:

 You Gcouldn’t help it if you needed D/F♯more than I could give

 That’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

Verse 2

 I call you D/F♯mis - Gplaced but D/F♯never a Emwaste of my timeC

 Everybody’s gonna D/F♯make miGstakes,

 But D/F♯you’ll never Embe one of mineC

Pre – Chorus 2:

 You Gcouldn’t help it if you needed D/F♯more than I could give

 That’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

 I Gknew you felt me leaving long D/F♯before I ever did

 That’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

Chorus 1

  G (bass line:B-C-D) D♯dim

Loved me fearless when you needed to

 You would Emnot rest till you came A/C♯through

 So CGod bless and Dthank you C

Verse 3

 There is no D/F♯an - Gger, it's D/F♯just you and EmI and the truthC

 You can try to D/F♯make Gher but D/F♯love will Emnot be forced toC bloom, to bloom

Pre – Chorus 3:

 You Gcouldn’t help it if you needed D/F♯more than I could give

 That’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

 The Gonly love worth fighting for is D/F♯one that you can win and,

 That’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

Chorus 2

  G (bass line:B-C-D) D♯dim

You would not break but you could bend

 And for love’sEm sake you let loveA/C♯ end,

 But CI still swear that you were God sDent

Instrumental

Em – A – Em – A – Em – A – C – D

Pre – Chorus 4:

 And you Gstood before me knowing that the D/F♯wings I have you gave

 And that’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

 And I Gbarely have the breath to breathe much D/F♯less to fly away

 And that’s Emjust the way it goes nowC

Chorus 3

  G (bass line:B-C-D) D♯dim Em

And a silence entered the room for a one last,

 "I’m gonna A/C♯love you"

  C D♯dim Em – A/C♯ -

So God bless and thank you

 So CGod bless and Dthank you,C tDhank you

C YeaDh

C D