From: Barrie McCombs Subject: l/gordon_lightfoot/bitter_green.num BITTER GREEN Time: 4/4 (sync) Tenor: D Bass: C INTRO: 1, 1, 2m, 2m 1 * 5 * Up-on the Bitter Green she walked, the hills above the town 3m * 2m * Echoed to her footsteps, as soft as eider-down 3m * 2m * Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears * 5 Waiting through the years CHORUS: 1 * 4 5 Bitter Green, they called her, walking in the sun 4 5 1 * Loving ev'ry-one that she met____ 1 * 4 5 Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun 4 5 1 * Waiting for some-one to take her home____ 1 * 5 * Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea 3m 2m * Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free 3m * 2m * Lost upon the ocean, he died there in the mist * 5 Dreaming of a kiss 1 * 5 * But now the Bitter Green is gone, the hills have turned to rust 3m * 2m * There comes a weary stranger whose tears fall in the dust 3m * 2m * Kneeling by the churchyard, in the autumn mist * 5 Dreaming of a kiss ENDING: REPEAT CHORUS NOTES: SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Key of C: C D E F G A B - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt - Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)