Sara Bareilles – Bittersweet chords

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                            Bittersweet
                                by
                           Sara Bareilles
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Transcribed By: May Anne Luyun


Key: GStandard Tuning

Intro: C (pause)

Verse 1:
            D/F#  GBittersweet sea – sons
D/F#         Em                 C Mistake a warm winter for spring
               D/F#    G            D/F#       Em                CSeems 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                      CThat’s just the way it goes now


Verse 2:
           D/F#  G          D/F#    Em              CI call you mis - placed but never a waste of my time
                  D/F#   GEverybody’s gonna make mistakes,
    D/F#         Em            CBut 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                      CThat’s just the way it goes now
  G                             D/F#I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did
       Em                      CThat’s just the way it goes now


Chorus 1:
         G      (bass line:B-C-D) D#dimLoved me fearless when you needed to
          Em                     A/C#You would not rest till you came through
   C             D         CSo God bless and thank you

Verse 3:
            D/F# G         D/F#         Em             CThere is no an - ger, it's just you and I and the truth
               D/F# G       D/F#      Em              CYou 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                      CThat’s just the way it goes now
    G                               D/F#The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and,
       Em                      CThat’s just the way it goes now

Chorus 2:
          G     (bass line:B-C-D) D#dimYou would not break but you could bend
              Em                A/C#And for love’s sake you let love end,
    C                                DBut 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                      CAnd 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                      CAnd that’s just the way it goes now

Chorus 3:
      G (bass line:B-C-D) D#dim      EmAnd 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 -   DSo God bless and thank you,     thank you
C  -   D    Yeah
C   -   D(pause)