Bittersweet
Written and performed by Hoodoo Gurus
Transcribed by Duke

Standard tuning


Intro:
    (x4)

          
   You are   m

y sword
           
   Your love i

        
s it's own rew

ard
           
   My heart,  

  
 I have found,
            
   Gets carved

        
 surely by the

 pound

    (x2)(strummed)

           
   God knows  

  
  I tried,
            
   Tried to ho

            
ld you with al

l my might
          
   But time   

 
has won,
            
   And I could

             
 never be that

  
 strong
            
(Don't cry) I 

         
couldn't be th

at strong,
            
(Don't cry) Th

           
at used to be 

my favourite s

ong
           
(Don't cry) Te

        
ars so bitters

weet
             
Fill my eyes w

           
henever we mee

t,
             
It's always bi

    
ttersweet

           
   I cut and  

  
  I bleed
            
   You seem to

              
 find that so 

        
hard to believ

e
            
   Well that's

             
 just too, too

  
 bad
            
   You could n

              
ever touch the

             
 love that we 

 
had
            
(Don't cry) Fo

             
r the love we 

 
had,
            
(Don't cry) So

              
metimes we try

            
 to take it ba

ck
            
(Don't cry) Te

            
ars so bitters

 
weet
             
That kiss my c

              
heeks whenever

    
 we meet
             
It's always bi

    
ttersweet
            
(Don't cry) Fo

             
r a love-gone-

 
wrong
            
(Don't cry) Th

              
at used to be 

            
my favorite so

ng
            
(Don't cry) Te

            
ars so bitters

 
weet
             
Fill my eyes w

           
henever we mee

t,
   
Anyway...

            
   We've grown

      
 and times cha

nge
            
   When we mee

        
t now it feels

 so strange
            
   Well I hold

      
 you like a sw

ord
            
   And you won

            
't cut me cut 

             
me like you di

   
d before

   

           
It's always bi

    
ttersweet
           
It's always bi

    
ttersweet
           
It's always bi

    
ttersweet
           
Bittersweet, b

    
ittersweet


(    until fade)


That's it! Hope you enjoy playing it!

-Duke