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The Bitter End

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The Bitter End
Blind Pilot
[Intro]                                                             Riffs:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|--0/0--2---2----0--|
B|----------------------------------------------------0-----------|--1/3--3---3----1--|
G|----0--2/4\2--0---0-----0------------2/4--2-0---0-----(0)----0--|--0/0--2h4-2p0--0--|
D|--0---0---------2---2-2---2-0------0----------2---2-------2-----|--2/4--0---0----2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|--3/5--x---x----3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|--0/0--x---x----0--|
[Verse 1]
GIf ever you should Emdie I know I'll shave my head
GIts not a morbid tEmhought, I mean it out of love
[Chorus]
BmCome back Cdaddy comDe back to the bitter enCd
BmCome back Cdaddy houDnds-tooth coats and vitCamins
[Verse 2]
GIf ever the sea clEmaims our cities on the coast
GBefore the last brEmidge blows I know I will propose
[Chorus]
BmCome back Cbaby armeDd with paddles in your Chands
BmCome back Cbaby come Dback to the bitter endC  
[Bridge]
GThe soil on the spEmade will be my love and hurt
GThe cell-phone satEmellites will hurl to the BmeartCh         Dto Cthe earth
Bm   C   D        C
  ABut in the mFoon there is hCalf of our shFadow on
  AFrom in the wFomb there are strCange sounds on the wFaterfront
and it tGakes a monk to lose it all
[Instrumental]
e|--C0-0--0--0----G3--0---0------F0---|
B|--1-1--1--1----0--3/5-3p0----1---|
G|--0-0--0--0----0--0---0------2---|  x2
D|--2-2--3--2----0-(0)-(0)-----3---|
A|--3-3--3--3----2-------------3---|
E|--0-0--0--0----3-------------1---|
[Chorus]
CCome back baby  coGme back to the bitter eFnd
CCome back everythiGng that caught up in thFe plans
CCome back baby comGe back to the bitter enFd
CCome back everythiGng that put salt in the Fsand
   C     G     Fx2
C
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| (n)  Ghost note
|  /   Slide up
|  \   Slide down
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The Bitter End

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The Bitter End

Blind Pilot

[Intro] Riffs:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|--0/0--2---2----0--|

B|----------------------------------------------------0-----------|--1/3--3---3----1--|

G|----0--2/4\2--0---0-----0------------2/4--2-0---0-----(0)----0--|--0/0--2h4-2p0--0--|

D|--0---0---------2---2-2---2-0------0----------2---2-------2-----|--2/4--0---0----2--|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------|--3/5--x---x----3--|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|--0/0--x---x----0--|

[Verse 1]

G Em

If ever you should die I know I'll shave my head

G Em

Its not a morbid thought, I mean it out of love

[Chorus]

Bm C D C

Come back daddy come back to the bitter end

Bm C D C

Come back daddy hounds-tooth coats and vitamins

[Verse 2]

G Em

If ever the sea claims our cities on the coast

G Em

Before the last bridge blows I know I will propose

[Chorus]

Bm C D C

Come back baby armed with paddles in your hands

Bm C D C

Come back baby come back to the bitter end

[Bridge]

G Em

The soil on the spade will be my love and hurt

G Em Bm C D C

The cell-phone satellites will hurl to the earth to the earth

Bm C D C

A F C F

But in the moon there is half of our shadow on

A F C F

From in the womb there are strange sounds on the waterfront

and it takes a monk to lose it all

[Instrumental]

C G F

e|--0-0--0--0----3--0---0------0---|

B|--1-1--1--1----0--3/5-3p0----1---|

G|--0-0--0--0----0--0---0------2---| x2

D|--2-2--3--2----0-(0)-(0)-----3---|

A|--3-3--3--3----2-------------3---|

E|--0-0--0--0----3-------------1---|

[Chorus]

C G F

Come back baby come back to the bitter end

C G F

Come back everything that caught up in the plans

C G F

Come back baby come back to the bitter end

C G F

Come back everything that put salt in the sand

C G F

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| (n) Ghost note

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

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