----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bittersweet by Sara Bareilles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed By: May Anne Luyun Please Rate! Thanks! Key: G Standard Tuning Intro: C (pause) Verse 1: D/F# G Bittersweet sea – sons D/F# Em C Mistake a warm winter for spring D/F# G D/F# Em C Seems like I’m best at leaving when leaving is not the best thing Pre – Chorus 1: G D/F# You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That’s just the way it goes now Verse 2: D/F# G D/F# Em C I call you mis - placed but never a waste of my time D/F# G Everybody’s gonna make mistakes, D/F# Em C But you’ll never be one of mine Pre – Chorus 2: G D/F# You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That’s just the way it goes now G D/F# I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did Em C That’s just the way it goes now Chorus 1: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim Loved me fearless when you needed to Em A/C# You would not rest till you came through C D C So God bless and thank you Verse 3: D/F# G D/F# Em C There is no an - ger, it's just you and I and the truth D/F# G D/F# Em C You can try to make her but love will not be forced to bloom, to bloom Pre – Chorus 3: G D/F# You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That’s just the way it goes now G D/F# The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and, Em C That’s just the way it goes now Chorus 2: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim You would not break but you could bend Em A/C# And for love’s sake you let love end, C D But I still swear that you were God sent Instrumental: Em – A – Em – A – Em – A – C – D Pre – Chorus 4: G D/F# And you stood before me knowing that the wings I have you gave Em C And that’s just the way it goes now G D/F# And I barely have the breath to breathe much less to fly away Em C And that’s just the way it goes now Chorus 3: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim Em And a silence entered the room for a one last, A/C# "I’m gonna love you" C Ebdim Em – A/C# - So God bless and thank you C D C - D So God bless and thank you, thank you C - D Yeah C - D(pause)