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Bittersweetheart tab by Soul Asylum

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Soul Asylum
"Bittersweetheart"
>From "Let Your Dim Light Shine"
Transcribed by Bryan Pero (perob@willow.uml.edu)

Intro:

For the intro Dave Pirner pounds out an A chord.  Then Dave
repeats the intro riff while Dan Murphy (Gtr.2) strums the A
chord once and lets it sustain through Dave's little stop-time
riff.  It looks like this:

Gtr.1 (Intro Riff)
E--------------------------
B--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
G--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2-- repeat
D--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
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Gtr. 2(played right before Dave repeats intro riff)

E-------------
B-------------
G--2-2--2-----
D--2-2--2-----
A-------------
E-------------

Okay, for the verses, just strum the chord once, then pick it
out going from the high E string up, like an upstroke, only
pick out the notes.  And just listen to the album for the
rythym of the electric distorted parts and anything else
that¹s hard to understand here.

Verse I

A(clean electric)					          D
Why you always wanna get the best ....
dog and I

                E
Can't even see, They're naked ....
who's

		 A (distortion on)
blind and my mind's gone to ...
mind

     A                                           D
So I picked up the pieces and I ...
stiletto

					     E
started stabbin' in the dark ....
would

                            A
surely fall apart, but it's ....

bittersweetheart


Chorus:

D                 E
Bittersweetheart, B...

A                     D                   D                E
Better get yourself a little ...
but true

       A                         D             E(palm mute)
It's a bittersweetheart ....

 (with chorus riff)     A                 D     E
A  D  E
It's just my bittersweetheart....
bittersweetheart

Verse II:

            A
It's like a suicide mission when ..

         D
tired of compliment fishin' ....

  E
I never kissed no ...

       A
It's a little bit of ...

       A
In the eye of the ...

        D
but you always seem to end ....

          E
there's a darkness loomin' but ...

      A
I can live to see the ...

Chorus:
D                 E
Bittersweetheart, bit...

A                 D
without a shortcut ....

D                E                   A
Bittersweetheart sad but ...

         D             E(p.m.)                  A
that's a hard heart to cure, ...
(w/chourus riff)
         D       E                    A D E
It's the hardest part, b....


Bridge:
D                E
Are you in there ...

A                D
Beating me up ...

D        E              D  E
How much ...

Chorus:
D                 E
Bittersweetheart, b...

A                        D
Think just a drink might ....

D                E
lyin'in bed just ...

       A                         D              E(p.m.)
It's a bittersweetheart that's a ....

Play Intro riff, then:

With Intro riff:

In time inside you find you .....

Then play Chorus riffs and Outro riff.  Repeat and Fade.


Chorus riffs: (Gtr.1 strum chords above tab)

   A                        D      E
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------1-1--
D----------------------------4~-2~--2-2--
A--0--2--2-2--2--4~-0---0--0--------2-2--
E----------------------------------------

   A                         D            E
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--4---4br-4-2-0-2--2~-0-2~-4--
E----------------------------------------------------

Outro Riff: (I¹ve include the time on the CD to help you
follow the tab)

    2:58					           3:05
   A|                       D     E           A|
E---V------------------------------------------V-------------
B--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
G--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
D--------------------------5-5----------------------------7--
A--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-4--------------------5--7-7--7-9----
E------------------------------0--5--5-5--7-5----------------



           3:10
           |
E----------V---------------------------------------------
B-----------------------14-------------------------------
G--7-------/14-14-14----14----7--------7-------7-7-------Repea
t and Fade
D----9--7--/14-14-14----14----7----7---7---7---7-7----7--
A-------------------------------9--------9---------9-----
E--------------------14----------------------------------

Also during the Outro, while Dan Murphy is playing the solo
stuff,
Dave Pirner, while playing his A and D chords, plays a D like
this:
D-007777-

The rest of the chord forms are first position for Dave
Pirner(Gtr.1)
and power chords for Dan Murphy.

Well, that¹s it!!  Send me any comments!!

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