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Kate Rusby                                      The Original Guitar-Tuning for this song is D G D G B D
                                                but I tought its easier for all to play it in the conventional
                                                Tuning: E A D G B E ^^ so, here it is: 
                                                (Without Intro and Outro)
BITTER BOY
There wFas a boCy, a Fbitter boCy,
Whose Amgolden heFart I saw CgleamiGng.
I Fthought I'd Cwin the Fheart wiCthin,
But Amnow I Fknow that I was GdreamCing.
But FI will Crise, and FI will Csing,
UnAmtil I knoFw I can't conCceal iGt.
BeFcause I Chold the Fsaddest sCong,
I Fwish to GGod I cannot Ffeel Cit.
F C
And Fthen the bCoy, the Fbitter bCoy,
He Amcame to mFe for rest and ChealGing.
He reached Fin his Cchest, deep Fin his Cbreast,
Held Amout the hFeart for me stil GgleamCing.
But I Fwill Crise, and I FwilCl sing,
UntAmil I knFow I can't conCceal iGt.
BeFcause I Chold the Fsaddest sCong,
I Fwish to GGod I cannot Ffeel Cit.
-Solo-
F C F C    Am F C G    F C F C    F G F C
And Fthen the bCoy, me Fand the bCoy,
We Amwalked for mFiles through storCmy weaGther.
And Fhand in Chand, we Froamed the Cland,
And Amheld the gleFaming heart toGgethCer.
But I Fwill Crise, and I Fwill Csing,
UnAmtil I knFow I can't conCceal Git.
BeFcause I Chold the Fsaddest sCong,
I Fwish to GGod I cannot Ffeel Cit.
FThen the bCoy, the Fbitter bCoy,
He Amcame to tFake the gleaming CtreasurGe.
He reached Fin my Cchest, deep Fin my Cbreast,
And Amtook the gleFaming heart foGreverC.
But FI will rCise, and I Fwill Csing,
UnAmtil the dFay I can't conCceal iGt.
And Fthen I'll Csing the Fsaddest sCong,
And Fwish to GGod you cannot Fhear Cit.
Oh, then I'll Csing the saddest Csong,
I wish to GGod you cannot Fhear Cit. 

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Bitter Boy

by Kate Rusby

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Kate Rusby The Original Guitar-Tuning for this song is D G D G B D

but I tought its easier for all to play it in the conventional

Tuning: E A D G B E ^^ so, here it is:

(Without Intro and Outro)

BITTER BOY

F C F C

There was a boy, a bitter boy,

Am F C G

Whose golden heart I saw gleaming.

F C F C

I thought I'd win the heart within,

Am F G C

But now I know that I was dreaming.

F C F C

But I will rise, and I will sing,

Am F C G

Until I know I can't conceal it.

F C F C

Because I hold the saddest song,

F G F C

I wish to God I cannot feel it.

F C

F C F C

And then the boy, the bitter boy,

Am F C G

He came to me for rest and healing.

F C F C

He reached in his chest, deep in his breast,

Am F G C

Held out the heart for me stil gleaming.

F C F C

But I will rise, and I will sing,

Am F C G

Until I know I can't conceal it.

F C F C

Because I hold the saddest song,

F G F C

I wish to God I cannot feel it.

-Solo-

F C F C Am F C G F C F C F G F C

F C F C

And then the boy, me and the boy,

Am F C G

We walked for miles through stormy weather.

F C F C

And hand in hand, we roamed the land,

Am F G C

And held the gleaming heart together.

F C F C

But I will rise, and I will sing,

Am F C G

Until I know I can't conceal it.

F C F C

Because I hold the saddest song,

F G F C

I wish to God I cannot feel it.

F C F C

Then the boy, the bitter boy,

Am F C G

He came to take the gleaming treasure.

F C F C

He reached in my chest, deep in my breast,

Am F G C

And took the gleaming heart forever.

F C F C

But I will rise, and I will sing,

Am F C G

Until the day I can't conceal it.

F C F C

And then I'll sing the saddest song,

F G F C

And wish to God you cannot hear it.

C C

Oh, then I'll sing the saddest song,

G F C

I wish to God you cannot hear it.

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