Bitter Taste chords by Billy Idol

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Intro:

Bbm



🤘 Verse:

           Bbm              Ab
The bitter taste, I hold my tongue
          Eb
The manic hope the damage done
           Bbm             Ab
It's bittersweet, black on gold
        Eb
Talk is cheap, or so I'm told
          Bbm
I'm gonna ride this back to the edge of town
Ab
Roll to the bridge with my eyes shut
                Eb
And spit at the stars

And scream in the dark
        Bbm
There's nothing I can do to change it now
         Ab
But if I cut myself open, baby
                    Eb
You can read all my scars

Read all my scars


🤘 Chorus:

     Gb       Bbm
Hello, goodbye
          Db              Ab
There's a million ways to die
          Gb
Should've let me way back
          Bbm
Should've let me way back
       Db         Ab
By the roadside
   Gb      Bbm
Hello, goodbye
      Db                     Ab
I was staring in the devil's eyes
          Gb
Should've let me way back
          Bbm
Should've let me way back
       Db         Eb
By the roadside

              Bbm
It's a bitter taste


🤘 Verse 2:

       Bbm          Ab
Jagged stain on my skin
       Eb
Broken leg, born again
            Bbm         Ab
You are the guy, upside down
        Eb
Twisted free, my new crown
          Bbm
I'm gonna ride this back to the break of day
Ab
Rolling through the goggle of the fountain
               Eb
Won't take it away

I'm not gonna change
          Bbm
I'm gonna live so hard, these broken wings
     Ab
Will lift me to the sun so I can burn
          Eb
Up in the clinch

Again and again



🤘 Chorus 2:

     Gb       Bbm
Hello, goodbye
          Db              Ab
There's a million ways to die
          Gb
Should've let me way back
          Bbm
Should've let me way back
       Db         Ab
By the roadside
   Gb      Bbm
Hello, goodbye
      Db                     Ab
I was staring in the devil's eyes
          Gb
Should've let me way back
          Bbm
Should've let me way back
       Db         Eb
By the roadside

              Gb   Bbm Db Ab
It's a bitter taste


🤘 Bridge:

              Gb Bbm Db Ab
It's a jagged state
              Gb Bbm Db Ab
It's a bitter taste
              Gb Bbm Db Eb
It's a jagged state


🤘 Chorus 3:

     Gb       Bbm
Hello, goodbye
          Db              Ab
There's a million ways to die
          Gb
Should've let me way back
          Bbm
Should've let me way back
       Db         Ab
By the roadside
              Bbm
It's a bitter taste