The Jam – The Bitterest Pill (Guitar)

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[Intro] D C Bm A D x2 [Verse 1]
A                           C#m
In your white lace and your wedding bells

Bm           D             F#m        E7
You look the picture of contented new wealth

A                                  C#m
But from the on-looking fool who believed your lies

F#m                          A      Asus4      A
I wish this grave would open up and swallow me alive

Bm            A       G        A
The bitterest pill is hard to swallow

Bm         A              G            A          D    C   Bm   A   D
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows, yeah
[Verse 2]
A                                C#m
When the wheel of fortune broke, you fell to me

Bm          D                  F#m  E7
Out of grey skies to change my misery

A                             C#m
The vacant spot, your beating heart took its place

F#m                               A       Asus4 A
Now watch smoke leave my lips and fill an empty room

Bm            A       G        A
The bitterest pill is hard to swallow

Bm         A              G            A          Asus4 A
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows
[Chorus]
D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       D   A D
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill

D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       D
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill
[Instrumental] C Bm A D D C Bm A D [Verse 3]
A                                  C#m
Now autumn's breeze blows summer's leaves through my life

Bm          D               F#m          E7
Twisted and broken dawn, no days with sunlight

A                              C#m
The dying spark, you left your mark on me

F#m N.C.                  Asus4            A
The promise of your kiss, but with someone else

Bm            A       G          A
The bitterest pill is mine to swallow

Bm         A              G            A          Asus4 A
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows
[Chorus]
D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       D    A D
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill (ooh)

D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       Asus4  A
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill   (yeah, yeah)

D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       D    A D
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill (ooh)

D                     Bm
The bitterest pill is mine to take

D                                   C             Bm       Asus4  A
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill   (yeah, yeah)
[Outro] D Bm D C Bm D (to fade)