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Date: 9th April 2004      To: Majicat        From: DJ
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              Bitterblue by Cat Stevens (1974)

Intro
  C         F   C G   C         F C G C
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

  G         C/G   G D   G        C/G G D G   F         F4  F
| / / / / |  /  / / / | / / / / | /  / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


Verse 1 
C                F      C       G
  Oh, I gave my last chance to you,
C                 F      C    G   C/G   G
  Don't hand it back to me Bitter-blue----,
C/G  G    D             G        C/G G D G
     No, Bitterblue!  | / / / / | /  / / / |
C                       F   C       G
  'Cause I've done all one man can do,
C                F    C     G   C/G   G
   Don't pass me up, oh, Bitter-blue----,
C/G  G     D          G        C/G G D G
     My Bitterblue! | / / / / | /  / / / |


Verse 2
D                             G       C                      A
 'Cause I've been running a long time,  on this travelling ground,
D                      G     C                   A           D
  Wishing hard to be free of   going 'round & 'round, yeah, yeah!
                            G       C
Yes, I've been a-moving a long time,
                     F   C     D         G   D  C
                   | / / / / | / / / / | / / /  / |        
  But only up, and down----------!


Verse 3 
C            F     C      G
  I gave my last hope to you,
C                F      C      G   C/G   G
  Don't hand it back to me, Bitter-blue----,
C/G  G   D           G         C/G G D G 
     My Bitterblue, | / / / / | /  / / / |
C                    F   C      G
  Oh, I've done all one man can do,
C                   F   C     G     C/G   G
  Please, help me lose this Bitter-blue-----,
C/G  G    D           G        C/G G D G
     My Bitterblue! | / / / / | /  / / / |




Verse 4 
D                            G
  Yes, I've been waiting a long time,  
C                A         D
  Aeons been & gone, woh, woh!
                     G  C                  A           D        
Looking at the hori-zon   for my light to dawn, yeah, yeah!
                         G        C
Yes, I've been living a long time,
                F   C     D         G   D  C
              | / / / / | / / / / | / / /  / |
Looking on, and on---------!
               

Verse 5 (Instrumental) 

  C         F C   G   C         F C G C
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | 

  G        C/G G D G            C/G G D G
| / / / / | /  / / / | / / / / | /  / / / |
 
  C         F C   G   C         F C G A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
 
           A4 A E A            A4 A E A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | 


Verse 6 

D                      G
  I've been running a long time,
C                    A          D
  Summer's come and gone, woh, woh,
                     G         C                 A        D
Drifting under the dream cloud, past the broken sun, woh,yeah!
                          G       C
Yes, I've been living a long time,
                F   C     D         G   D  C
              | / / / / | / / / / | / / /  / | 
To be back be-yond---------!
              

Verse 7 

C            F     C        G
  I gave my last chance to you,
C                F       C    G   C/G   G
  Don't hand it back to me Bitter-blue-----,
C/G  G    D            G        C/G G D G
     Oh, Bitterblue! | / / / / | /  / / / |
C                 F   C      G 
   I've done all one man can do,
C               F   C     G          A
  Don't pass me up, oh, Bitterblue-----!

A   A4  A   E          A   A4   A        E
        My Bitterblue!     Woh-oh, my Bitterblue!
A   A4  A        E          A  A4  A        E
  Yeah-eah, my Bitterblue!    Humm-umm, my Bitterblue!
A   A4  A       E       A   A4  A    E         
    Oh-oh, Bitterblue!     Yeah-eah----!
C                 F     C        G 
   Oh, I gave my last chance to you,
C                 F      C    G         A
   Don't hand it back to me Bitterblue----!


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Chords:

   C         F        G        C/G        F4       
x32010    xx3211    320003    3x2013    xx3311
 RM I       RMII    RM   L    R M IL      RLII

   D        A4         A        E
xx0232    x02230    x02220    022100
   IRM      IMR       IML      MRI


Left hand Fingers:
  
T= Thumb I= Index finger M= Middle finger R= Ring finger L= Little finger

NB: These suggested fingerings of the chords are shown as played with the left hand
( i.e. for a right handed player.) 


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