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Intro: D   E   Crepeated
Verse:
DRan out of mileEs
DRan out of mileEs to carry me
DRan out of mileEs to carry me
GNow it's wishful thinking down on Bitter DStreetE  C  
Chorus:
GIf I had known Dthe winters were so long
GIf I had known Dthe bitters were so strong
GIf I could see through your eyes Dlooking back at me
CThen I wouldn't be so Efar
                    D        E           C     D      E  C(see note)
And so gone    
Note: The C at the end of the chorus progression isn't played on the last chorus, 
when ther's no verse coming after.
P.S. You your having trouble hearing the chord changes, check out the youtube 
video of Bow by himself. You can see what he's doing pretty easily.

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Bow Thayer - The Bitters

by Misc Unsigned Bands

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D E C

Intro: repeated

Verse:

D E

Ran out of miles

D E

Ran out of miles to carry me

D E

Ran out of miles to carry me

G D E C

Now it's wishful thinking down on Bitter Street

Chorus:

G D

If I had known the winters were so long

G D

If I had known the bitters were so strong

G D

If I could see through your eyes looking back at me

C E

Then I wouldn't be so far

D E C D E C

(see note)

And so gone

Note: The C at the end of the chorus progression isn't played on the last chorus,

when ther's no verse coming after.

P.S. You your having trouble hearing the chord changes, check out the youtube

video of Bow by himself. You can see what he's doing pretty easily.

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