Gordon Lightfoot – Bitter Green (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
#44 on Canadian RPM Top Singles on
U/A Records in 1968.
***(Recorded live on stage in 1969.)***
INTRO: F Gm7 F Gm7
#1.
F Upon the bitter green she walked, C the hills above the town, Am Gm7 Echo'd to her footsteps as soft as Eider down. Am Gm7 Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears, C Waiting through the years.
CHORUS:
F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Walking in the sun, Bb C F Loving everyone that she met. F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Waiting in the sun, Bb C F Waiting for someone to take her home.
#2.
F C Some say he was a sailor who sailed upon the sea. Am Gm7 Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free. Am Gm7 Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist, Bb Gm7 C Dreaming of her kiss.
CHORUS:
F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Walking in the sun, Bb C F Loving everyone that she met. F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Watching in the sun, Bb C F Waiting for someone to take her home.
#3.
F C But now the bitter green is gone, the hills have
turned to rust.
Am Gm7 There comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust. Am Gm7 Waiting by the churchyard in the autumn mist, Bb Gm7 C Dreaming of her kiss.
CHORUS:
F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Walking in the sun, Bb C F Loving everyone that she met. F Bitter Green they called her, Bb C Watching in the sun, Bb C F Waiting for someone...to take her home.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.