Chords for Bitter Old Man
Tempo:
103.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [A] [G]
[D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] I was born a bitter old man who got his [Bm] heart broken in Catalonia in [A]
[G] 1936.
[D] So I gave up on life before I [Bm] arrived.
place wasn't safe for [A] anyone but fascists and [G] Republicans and their [D] apologists.
[G] to God I'm [D] gonna die.
[A] optimism, a [F#] teenager's heartbreak and conviction [G] that
[D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] I was born a bitter old man who got his [Bm] heart broken in Catalonia in [A]
[G] 1936.
[D] So I gave up on life before I [Bm] arrived.
place wasn't safe for [A] anyone but fascists and [G] Republicans and their [D] apologists.
[G] to God I'm [D] gonna die.
[A] optimism, a [F#] teenager's heartbreak and conviction [G] that
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Em
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] I was born a bitter old man who got his [Bm] heart broken in Catalonia in [A] _
[G] 1936.
Things haven't felt [D] right since. _ _
[D] So I gave up on life before I [Bm] arrived.
I knew this place wasn't safe for [A] anyone but fascists and [G] Republicans and their [D] apologists.
_ _ _ [A] _ But I swear [G] to God I'm [D] gonna die.
[Em] Full of naive [A] optimism, a [F#] teenager's heartbreak and conviction [G] that
things could be different, oh [A] yeah.
Things are gonna be real different when we're finished [D] around here.
[Em] I always wanted to [D] die young. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ I [G] always wanted [D] to die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger every [G] day and I'm so glad to die younger than [D] I am. _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] I [A] _ can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away shivering through a dope-tick morning [A] of
[G] no money left and nothing [D] else to steal. _ _ _ _
[A] And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was [A] ready to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to [G] live.
I [A] swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan [Em] for things to end up this [A] way.
I had [G] a teenager's conviction that I would be different, oh [A] yeah.
I was gonna be real different than the person I [D] became.
[Em] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] _
_ _ [D] _ I [Em] always wanted to die [G] young.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] I always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I'm so glad to die younger than [A] I [Gm] am.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] But now life is a [G] struggle, except [E] when it isn't, yeah.
[Bm] I woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in [D] Britain.
But I can't promise that apart from [G] it, I'd still kill a man for a [D] cigarette.
[Bm] With friends like you who need to [G] homicide.
_ [D] So this song goes [Bm] out to all our [G] homies locked down.
_ _ [A] Come on [Bm] back now, we need you [G] around.
_ _ [A] _ That [Bm] judge, he doesn't know what he's [G] done.
_ _ [D] That [Bm] judge is never _ _ _ _ [D] dead. _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] I was born a bitter old man who got his [Bm] heart broken in Catalonia in [A] _
[G] 1936.
Things haven't felt [D] right since. _ _
[D] So I gave up on life before I [Bm] arrived.
I knew this place wasn't safe for [A] anyone but fascists and [G] Republicans and their [D] apologists.
_ _ _ [A] _ But I swear [G] to God I'm [D] gonna die.
[Em] Full of naive [A] optimism, a [F#] teenager's heartbreak and conviction [G] that
things could be different, oh [A] yeah.
Things are gonna be real different when we're finished [D] around here.
[Em] I always wanted to [D] die young. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ I [G] always wanted [D] to die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger every [G] day and I'm so glad to die younger than [D] I am. _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] I [A] _ can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away shivering through a dope-tick morning [A] of
[G] no money left and nothing [D] else to steal. _ _ _ _
[A] And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was [A] ready to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to [G] live.
I [A] swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan [Em] for things to end up this [A] way.
I had [G] a teenager's conviction that I would be different, oh [A] yeah.
I was gonna be real different than the person I [D] became.
[Em] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] _
_ _ [D] _ I [Em] always wanted to die [G] young.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] I always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I'm so glad to die younger than [A] I [Gm] am.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] But now life is a [G] struggle, except [E] when it isn't, yeah.
[Bm] I woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in [D] Britain.
But I can't promise that apart from [G] it, I'd still kill a man for a [D] cigarette.
[Bm] With friends like you who need to [G] homicide.
_ [D] So this song goes [Bm] out to all our [G] homies locked down.
_ _ [A] Come on [Bm] back now, we need you [G] around.
_ _ [A] _ That [Bm] judge, he doesn't know what he's [G] done.
_ _ [D] That [Bm] judge is never _ _ _ _ [D] dead. _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _