The Bitterest Pill Chords

The Bitterest Pill (I ever had to swallow) ------------------------------------------ By THE JAM   Transcribed by Douglas F Shearer (28/01/2003 - 20:42). All my own work.   Notes : Great song, watch out for the timing on the chorus -  just before the breaks.   Chords ------ D -     000232 Bm -  x24432 C -    x32010 A -    x02220 G -    320033 E -    022100   Intro - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)   Verse 1 =======   A                                      E In your white lace .... your wedding bells   Bm              D              A                   E You look the picture ..contented new wealth   A                                              E But from the on-looking fool ...believed your lies   Bm                                     A                    E  I wish this grave .... open up and swallow me alive  

Chorus ======   Bm               A            G       A For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow   Bm         A                   G                               A The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows   *Break* - D / C / Bm / A / D Verse 2 =======   A                                                     E When the wheel ... fortune broke, you fell to me   Bm             D                         A    E Out of grey skies .. change my misery   A                                         E     The vacant spot, .... beating heart took its place   Bm                                                        A        E But now I watch smoke leave .. lips and fill an empty room   Chorus ======   Bm            A               G       A For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow   Bm            A               G                                  A The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows   D                       Bm The bitterest pill .. mine to take                                                                                                                             D                                            C              Bm         A          If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill   *Break* - - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)   Verse 3 =======   A                                                      E Now autumn's breeze .... summer's leaves through my life   Bm              D                   A                 E Twisted and broken dawn, .. days with sunlight   A                                          E The dying spark, ... left your mark on me         D(hold)                             A                     E (cres.) The promise of .... kiss, but with someone else   Chorus ======   Bm                A           G           A For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow   Bm         A                  G                                  A The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows   D                        Bm The bitterest pill .. mine to take                                       D                                             C              Bm         A If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill   Fade out.   The End.