The Beach Boys – Sweet And Bitter (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Fantastic song from The Beach Boys' recent boxset, Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969–1971. I can't believe this song was unreleased until this year. Anyways, this is a pretty simple song. I've tabbed it out mostly using open chords with a capo on the second fret. Some of the chord voicings might be a little off, feel free to experiment. The strumming pattern is pretty straightforward, just listen to the song. [Verse 1]
Em        C               B7           Em
Endlessly I've dreamed of love and its fever

Em               C            B7
And how it could bring such a change through the years

Em            C         B7         Em
Now that it's all real, nowhere to run

Em               C           B7                Em
We must make the best of the things that we've done

Em             C                 B7      Em
Sittin' 'round thinkin' 'bout it rips my soul

Em                  C      B7
It drives me to the bitter end, you know

Em             C        B7          Em
Glad that it's over and love didn't last

Em                C           B7            Em
I'll think of the future, the heck with the past
[Chorus]
        G           Bm            C
And the words don't come from the heart of me, girl

   G        Bm C
We can't go on make believin'

      D7             Am
We're still in love, can't you see

F
It's meant to be
D7 [Verse 2]
Em         C            B7             Em
Love was a sweet dream, I woke, it was gone

Em                C          B7
And then came the bad times, on and on

Em               C          B7            Em
If that's how it must be, I don't feel so bad

Em                  C           B7              Em
And I'll count your love as the worst that I've had
[Chorus]
        G           Bm            C
And the words don't come from the heart of me, girl

   G        Bm C
We can't go on make believin'

      D7             Am
We're still in love, can't you see

F
It's meant to be
D7 [Verse 3]
Em        C               B7        Em
Sweet and bitter ways are not often wrong

Em             C          B7
When one's for another it can't be done

Em           C            B7      Em
I followed a dream and it took me away

Em        C               B7     Em
Away from love's fever we caught yesterday
[Chorus]
        G           Bm            C
And the words don't come from the heart of me, girl

   G        Bm C
We can't go on make believin'

      D7             Am
We're still in love, can't you see

F
It's meant to be
D7
N.C.    G           Bm            C
And the words don't come from the heart of me, girl

   G        Bm C
We can't go on make believin'
(Fade)