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From: Juddy@aol.com
Subject: The Bitterest Pill by The Jam
The Jam
The Bitterest Pill
W/M by Paul Weller
Here's a stab at prochord in a tune that's ok for acoustic guitar. From
Juddy@AOL.com(Gads, one of them!)
(A)In your white lace and your (C#M)wedding bells
(Bm)You look the pic(D)ture of con(F#m)tented new (E)wealth.
(A)But from the onlooking fool who bel(C#m)ieved your lies
(F#m)I wish this grave would open up and swallow me alive
CHORUS
(Bm)For the bitterest (D)pill is (G)hard to swal(A)low
(Bm) The love I (D)gave hands in (G)sad colored (A)mocking shadows, yeah (C)
yeah, (Bm- A - D)
When the wheel of fortune broke you fell to me,
out of grey skies to change my misery
the vacant spot your beating heart took its place.
But now I watch smoke leave my lips and fill an empty room.
Chorus
(Bm)For the bitterest (D)pill is (G)hard to swal(A)low
(Bm) The love I (D)gave hands in (G)sad colored (A)mocking shadows, yeah (C)
yeah, (Bm- A - D)
(D)The bitterest pill is (Bm)mine to take,
(D)But if I took it for 100 years I (C)couldn't feel (Bm)any more ill
repeat
Now Autumn's breeze blows summer's leaves through my life,
Twisted and broken dawn, no days with sunlight.
The dying spark you left your mark on me.
The promise of your kiss but with someone else.
Chorus
(Bm)For the bitterest (D)pill is (G)hard to swal(A)low
(Bm) The love I (D)gave hands in (G)sad colored (A)mocking shadows, yeah (C)
yeah, (Bm- A - D)
(D)The bitterest pill is (Bm)mine to take,
(D)But if I took it for 100 years I (C)couldn't feel (Bm)any more ill
repeat, then end with
(D)The bitterest pill is (Bm)mine to take,
(D)But if I took it for 100 years I (C)couldn't feel (Bm)any more (A)ill,
ill, yeah, yeah.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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gab Average |
#1 by gab gonzalez at May 10, 1973 at 6:52 PM EST |
| the song is a joke, I need the sick bucket, the jam with strings the writing was on the wall the moment this was released. | |
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Justin Wanna Be |
#2 by Justin at Sep 6, 1976 at 10:33 AM EST |
| just dont like the song I was a massive fan of the jam until weller decided enough was enough and decided to replace power chords with power strings. 1 | |
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The Crow Rhythm Player |
#3 by The Crow at Jun 1, 1983 at 1:33 PM EST |
| butterflykiss84, I am 20 and I agree that this is a great song regardless of its over the topness!!!! The Jam are one of my favourite bands, and I don't care if some people hate Paul Weller for things he is done in the past because no one can deny he is a lyrical genius and completely brilliant at what he does!! :-) | |
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Chazzman Professional |
#4 by Chazzman at May 8, 1984 at 2:41 AM EST |
| Great, great track from one of my favourite bands. The late 70s/early 80s was such a good time for music. That's not even my era, I'm 19! Those 'sad coloured mocking shadows' paint such a haunting picture to show the narrators depressed state of mind. Great stuff! | |
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Jamie Average |
#5 by Jamie Kaye at Aug 20, 1999 at 2:57 AM EST |
| But it's still a great song - regardless of its deliberate over the top-ness? | |
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