{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1520104,"song":"Bitterness Or Sympathy","artist":"Ron Pope","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11282031-bitterness-or-sympathy-chords-by-ron-pope/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1520104?type=chord","rating":4.73206,"votes":5,"content":"Great song! all the chords  might not be exact, but im open to corrections:)\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nNo Capo\r\n(transpose -1 and add a capo 1 to make it easier!)\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]F#[/ch] (244322)\r\n[ch]C#[/ch] (446664)\r\n[ch]A#m[/ch] (113321)\r\n[ch]G#[/ch] (466544)\r\n\r\nSequence (the entire song repeats the chord pattern!)\r\n= [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]A#m[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n  [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n\r\nIntro:  play around with hammer ons = F#  C#  G#\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe first night I should’ve left you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBefore I shut my eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                  [ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI prayed to God I’d wake up somewhere else.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                       [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWhen the mornin’ came to find me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]                     [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nYou were sleepin’ there beside me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI wondered if this nightmare ever ends…[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe door was left wide open,\r\nAnd the neighbors, they were smokin’ in the afternoon,\r\nTo pass away the time.\r\nYou looked at me so cold and said,\r\n“This house is not my home,”\r\nI wish you knew how true that felt most nights.\r\n\r\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\r\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\r\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\r\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\r\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\r\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.\r\n\r\nI was standing in Ohio,\r\nOn the 28th of March,\r\nWith a guitar and a suitcase in my hands.\r\nWhen the wind, it stole my cap,\r\nLord, all I could do was laugh,\r\nAnd thank the stars I’m still a drinkin’ man.\r\n\r\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\r\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\r\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\r\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\r\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\r\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.\r\n\r\nI was walkin’ in a graveyard,\r\nWhere no one that I know rests,\r\nThinkin’ maybe I could clear my head.\r\nAnd on the cemetery breeze,\r\nI heard a song about belief,\r\nSung with a thunder I can’t understand.\r\n\r\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\r\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\r\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\r\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\r\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\r\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.","plain_text":"Great song! all the chords  might not be exact, but im open to corrections:)\nStandard Tuning\nNo Capo\n(transpose -1 and add a capo 1 to make it easier!)\n\nChords:\nF# (244322)\nC# (446664)\nA#m (113321)\nG# (466544)\n\nSequence (the entire song repeats the chord pattern!)\n= F#   C#   A#m   G#\n  F#   C#   G#\n\nIntro:  play around with hammer ons = F#  C#  G#\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe door was left wide open,\nAnd the neighbors, they were smokin’ in the afternoon,\nTo pass away the time.\nYou looked at me so cold and said,\n“This house is not my home,”\nI wish you knew how true that felt most nights.\n\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.\n\nI was standing in Ohio,\nOn the 28th of March,\nWith a guitar and a suitcase in my hands.\nWhen the wind, it stole my cap,\nLord, all I could do was laugh,\nAnd thank the stars I’m still a drinkin’ man.\n\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.\n\nI was walkin’ in a graveyard,\nWhere no one that I know rests,\nThinkin’ maybe I could clear my head.\nAnd on the cemetery breeze,\nI heard a song about belief,\nSung with a thunder I can’t understand.\n\nIs it bitterness or sympathy,\nThat keeps you standin’ here with me?\nI’m not sure how much more I can take.\n‘Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,\nTo sit here with you wastin’ time,\nAnd now I think I’d like to walk away.","chords":["F#","C#","A#m","G#","F","C","G"]}