{"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":636997,"song":"Bitter Green","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/636997-bitter-green-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/636997?type=chord","rating":4.77835,"votes":92,"content":"Bitter Green:Gordon Lightfoot.\r\n#44 on Canadian RPM Top Singles on\r\nU/A Records in 1968.    \r\n\r\n***(Recorded live on stage in 1969.)***\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nUpon the bitter green she walked, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe hills above the town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nEcho'd to her footsteps as soft as Eider down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWaiting for her master to kiss away her tears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting through the years.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLoving everyone that she met.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWaiting for someone to take her home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome say he was a sailor who sailed upon the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nSome say he was a prisoner who never was set free.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nLost upon the ocean he died there in the mist,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDreaming of her kiss.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLoving everyone that she met.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWatching in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWaiting for someone to take her home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut now the bitter green is gone, the hills have[/tab]\r\n\r\nturned to rust.\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThere comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWaiting by the churchyard in the autumn mist,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDreaming of her kiss.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLoving everyone that she met.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBitter Green they called her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWatching in the sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWaiting for someone...to take her home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Bitter Green:Gordon Lightfoot.\n#44 on Canadian RPM Top Singles on\nU/A Records in 1968.    \n\n***(Recorded live on stage in 1969.)***\n\n\nINTRO: F Gm7 F Gm7\n\n\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\nturned to rust.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","F","Gm7","C","Am","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}