{"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":2501214,"song":"Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508941-burnt-sugar-is-so-bitter-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2501214?type=chord","rating":0.05659,"votes":0,"content":"Written by Carole King & Elvis Costello\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe said, what is it that I've done that you want me to be punished[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs she woke up one day to find he had started to vanish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you overhear voices[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPerhaps you should not be listening[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwitch the vigilant lace,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake a sly, sour face,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSet the scandalous whispering[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe's out on her own with the rest of her riches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the kids paint him out of their refrigerator pictures[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe picks up the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPays off the babysitter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause everybody knows burnt sugar is so bitter[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x3)\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nOnce there was a time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBefore he turned strange[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe thought they would be together for more than a lifetime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nLook at him now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy, how things have changed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe could tear the sweetheart out of any girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOn just a whim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd turn it from a candy to a caramel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen make her hate the silly way she used to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd say, I know nothing about him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow what's left of the birthday cake is very beautifully frosted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAn absent father picks up the phone to find the number's unlisted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd while the kids are distracted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey don't notice she's nervous at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut how long it will take[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot to make a mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen a gentleman comes to call[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe's out on her own with the rest of her riches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the kids tear down their refrigerator pictures[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey already know how a woman may advance[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom a pretty picture hat to a supermarket trance[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut if he's unkind he might as well forget her[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nburnt sugar is so bitter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBurnt sugar is so bitter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBurnt sugar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Written by Carole King & Elvis Costello\n\n[Intro]\nDm E (x2)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm E (x3)\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm E (x2)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nDm 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