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The Bitterest Pill (I ever had to swallow)
By THE JAM
Tabbed by dylchad
http://doubleyellowlines.co.nr
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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ivan Professional |
#1 by ivan mateo at Sep 1, 1988 at 7:31 AM EST |
| I've also heard that these lyrics were deliberately over the top. | |
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Commander Cool Professional |
#2 by Commander Cool at Jan 10, 1989 at 8:42 PM EST |
| Thsi song was written as a joke to prove that the sort of songs being written by ABC, Duran Duran etc were a piece of cake to write. Which is what Weller did. And it got to No.2 in the UK chart. If it had gotten to No.1, it would've been the longest song title to get to No.1 ever. | |
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Gary Wanna Be |
#3 by Gary Rossington at Mar 23, 1995 at 8:12 PM EST |
| sivilla... what? | |
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