Bittersweet
by Fuel
tabbed by moonsoon3@aol.com
standard tuning
i saw these guys live and they began this with an introduction--the intro to Stairway to Heaven.
C*, D*, etc are power chords played around the A string and letting
the high b and e strings ring. rhythm guitar plays these.
the bass part pretty much just plays the root note of whatever chord
is being played, with a few hit-ons and such to make it interesting.
INTRO:
e|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----
B|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----
G|-16-16-(continue top line two frets above bottom line--like a power chord w/o middle string)
D|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----
A|-14-14-14-15-14-17-|-17-15-15-14-|-14-14-15-14-|-12-10-10-12-10-|-----
E|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----
C* D* E* D*
e-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------
B-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------
G-------------|--------------|----6-6-6-6----------------------------
D-------------|--------------|----x-------(pound this out a bit)
A-10-9-9-10-9-|-9-7--5-5-7-5-|-5--4-4-6-4----------------------------
E-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------
C* B* A*
intro to verse
|played during the C* and D* of intro to verse by lead guitar:
e------------0~---0~--|---------------------|
B------------0~---0~--|--5-5-5-5b-5b-5-5----|
G------------5~---7~--|---------------------|
D-2--2--5-5--5~---7~--|---------------------|
A-2--2--5-5--3~---5~--|---------------------|
E-0--0--3-3-----------|---------------------|
verse/chorus:
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-2-2-5-5-/-10-10-10-12---------------------------
-2-2-5-5-/-10-10-10-12---------------------------
-0-0-3-3-/-8--8--8--10---------------------------
Seven sins of wantonness and everything that`s good is gone
sell it all for glory from the peers
silicone priestess scratch the back and twist the knife to bone
kick against the pricks and scrape the shine
BRIDGE
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-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-----------------
-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-----------------
-5-x-6-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-6-x-7-x-x-x-----------------
I`m the enemy in the enemy now
CHORUS (verse/chorus riff)
swallowed the pill
drank to the fill
all these things I carry now
CHORUS part 2 (bridge riff)
in this bittersweet
in this bittersweet now
back to intro to verse
then verse
Try to hold the world there sinking swimming in a paper cup
try to own the one beneath the skin
held up to the flames till singing skin begins to draw and tuck
never told there`s not a chance to live
BRIDGE
what wouldn`t be; couldn`t be now
CHORUS-CHORUS part 2
now back to the full intro
THIRD VERSE**little bit different
E5 E5 G5 G5 C5 C5 D5 D5
Aw, I hold my hands up to the sky, try so hard to rise above
E5 E5 G5 G5 C5~ B5~
everything that`s breaking dow-ow-ow-ow-own, hey-ey-yeah-ah
CHORUS-CHORUS part 2
CHORUS
LAST CHORUS PART 2: E5
in this bittersweet, in this bittersweet! in this bittersweet now.
my band played this and it sounded great, because it`s a kickass song.
we had the lead do the intro against the rhythm guitar, and they both played
the verses and choruses. during the chorus, the lead fast-strummed sixteenth
notes, to make that brushing sort of sound that`s on the CD during the chorus,
that sort of record-spinning sound. it sounded great. . . .Fuel rules.
