Bittersweet Chords
by James Taylor
Bittersweet by James Taylor is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C9, C, D, Em, Em7 and Bbm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C9 G C9 G C9
Verso 1:
G C
No I don't know how to love you
G C
The way you want me to
G
Coz everytime I try
C G C
Something always changes with you
D Em C
First it's cold baby
G D
And then there's too much heat
Em7
One minute I'm up in heaven
Bbm D C D
And the next I'm down in the street
G C
Coz we got a love
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
I said we got a love
G C G C
It's bittersweet
Verso 2:
G C
Sometimes when I'm with you
G C
It's like you're just not there
G
When I look into your eyes
C G C D
I see that thousand yard stare
Em C
Then you're back in love with me
G D
Like you can't get enough
Em
Rough into smooth
Bbm D
And the smooth back into the rough
C D
Ohhhh help me now
G C
We got a love
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
We got a love, oh darlin'
G D
That's bittersweet
Ponte:
C D
I don't know anybody
G D
Anybody like you
C
I never met anybody
D G D
Could make me feel the way you do
Verso 3:
G C
I wish that I could love you
G C
The way you want me to
G C
So scared you'll pull out the rug
G C
Darling if I do
D Em
It's cold it's cold
C G D
And now there's too much heat
Em
One minute I'm up in heaven
Bbm D
And the next, I'm walking the street
C D
Oooooooh
G C
We got a love
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
You know we got a love
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
We got a love
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
You know, we got a love, oh darlin'
G C
That's bittersweet
G C
Flamin' hot
G C
Then not
G C G C
Ooooooooh, bitter memory
G C G
I said we got a love, oooh,
C
We got a love