Bitterness Chords
Bitterness by Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, A, Em7, Am7, Em, Am, Dm and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse: 1
C G
I don't wanna be bitter
C
I dont wanna be the girl with
D
the upside down smile
C G
It's cold enough in the winter
C G
walking through this pain feels like
A G D
a thousand long miles
Em7
I'm stuck in the middle
Am7
of just around the bend
C
but I keeping breaking down
D
before I reach the end
G
'Cause it hurts too much
D
and I just can't rise above
C
all the things you said you'd do
D
but you never follow through
Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
C
who keep trying to bring me down
D
and I've swung my fists
C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
C G D
The Bitterness
C G D
The Bitterness
Verse: 2
C G
It's like a poison
C
and I can't get it
Am C D
out of my veins
C G
a deafening noise that
C G
keeps pounding down
Am G D
like buckets of rain
Em
well there's so many things
Am
I know I should be thankful for
C
so why is it so hard to pick myself
D
up off the floor?
G
'Cause it hurts too much
D
and I just can't rise above
C
all the things you said you'd do
D
but you never follow through
Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
C
who keep trying to bring me down
D
and I've swung my fists
C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
C G D
The Bitterness
C G D
The Bitterness
Solo: C G D D (x2)
Bridge
Em
This isn't really like me
C
It's not who I wanna be
Am7
God, please take these
D
chains off of me
G
'Cause it hurts too much
D
and I just can't rise above
C
all the things you said you'd do
D G Dm
but you never follow through
Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
C
who keep trying to bring me down
D
and I've swung my fists
C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
D
oh, and I've swung my fists
Bm C
'cause I just wanna get this over with
C G D
This Bitterness
C G D
The Bitterness yeah
C G D
The Bitterness
C G D
The Bitterness
Outro
C G
I don't wanna be bitter
C G
I don't wanna be the girl with
A G
the upside down smile