Bitter Ender chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: D

Intro:

Am  F  C  G
Am  F  C  G


Verse 1:
Am                     F
Hope is a drug when it comes to love
      C                        G
And I hoped it would never run dry
        Am
Writing covered the wall
          F
There was no time to stall
    C                       G
But still I kept wanting to try

Chorus:
F                         G
Truth is I've always gone down with the ship
Am                         F
I've never known when it's time to quit
                        G     C F
As defiant as well as defender
             G     Am  F  C  G
I'm a bitter ender


Verse 2:
Am                  F
Once in a while the universe smiles
         C                           G
Lets you think that you're in on the joke
    Am
The plans that you made
        F
And the life that you craved
         C               G
Now it's all going up in smoke


Chorus:
F                      G
How many signs are you willing to miss
        Am
And the way that you stay
            F
When you're cut to the quick
                              G     C
'Til they call you a repeat offender
F                     G
It makes you a bitter ender


Bridge:
C                          Am
One of these days we could wake up and say
         F
That our eyes are wide open
      G
Brand new and blinking
C                      Am                        F
What if the cure is to give up the allure of the magic
   G
Of magical thinking


Harmonica Solo:
F  G  Am  F     G  Am  F
G


Verse 3:
Am                   F
Pride is a curse but no pride is worse
    Am                         G
And lately that's just what it is
    Am                    F
Whatever we're told, everything gets old
        C                         G
Nothing changes it's the same old shit


Chorus:
F                       G
How many nights are you ready to waste
       Am                      F
On the loneliest fight and the emptiest chase
                                 G     C
For reasons now you can't even remember
     F                       G    C
As defiance burns down to an ember
        F                             G
For the reckless and the fools and pretenders
G
And bitter enders


Outro:
Am  F  C  G  Am  F  C  G
Am  F  C  G  Am  F  C  G
Am  F  C  G