Chords for Cat Stevens "Bitter Blue"

Tempo:
167.55 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

D

A

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cat Stevens "Bitter Blue" chords
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[Em] [N]
[C]
HD, they call it Bitter Blue now.
[Gm]
[C]
[F] [C]
[G]
I [C] [G]
100%  ➙  168BPM
C
3211
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
D
1321
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Let's start jamming Cat Stevens - (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV / 27th November 1971) Bitterblue chords, Practice these chords sequence - A, D, G, C, G, F and C. A good strategy is to initiate at 83 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 168 BPM. With an eye on the song's key C Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ HD, _ they call it Bitter Blue now. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
I [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
gave [F] my [C] last chance to you, don't hand it back to me,
Bitter [G] Blue, _ _ _ my Bitter Blue. _
What a _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ man can do, don't pass me up, oh, [G] Bitter Blue, _
_ my Bitter _ Blue. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ I've been [G] running a [C] long time on this traveling [A] [D] ground,
_ _ wishing [G] hard to be [C] free of _ going [A] round and round, [D] yeah, yeah.
Oh, yes, I've been running a [G] long [C] time, _ only [F] up and down.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
I gave my last hope to you, don't pass it back to me,
Bitter [G] Blue, _ _ _ my Bitter Blue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ I've done all one man can do, don't leave me losing,
Bitter [G] Blue.
Can we do that again?
[B] Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] You don't mind if we hear that one [C] again, do you?
It's a new one. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ I wrote it.
I wrote it.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
And now [Ab] I'd like [C] to know. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ I gave my last chance to you, don't pass it back to me.
Can we do that again?
Sure. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'll learn it by the end of this. _ _
All right.
Chums.
It is Chums, isn't it? What?
It is Chums. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ gave my last chance to you, don't pass it back to me,
[G] Bitter Blue. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ I've done all one man can do, don't pass me up,
oh, Bitter [G] Blue. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ I've been [G] running a [C] long time on this [A] traveling [D] ground,
_ _ wishing hard [G] to be free [C] of _ going [A] around and round.
[D] Yeah, yes, I've been moving [G] a long [C] time,
only [F] up and _ down.
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ I gave my last hope to you, don't hand it back to me,
[G] Bitter Blue, _ _ _ my Bitter Blue. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Yes, I've done all one man can do,
please help me lose this Bitter [G] Blue, _ _ _ my Bitter Blue. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ I've been [G] waiting a [C] long time,
_ the eons [A] been gone, [D] whoa, whoa,
looking at [G] the [C] horizon _ for my life [A] to dawn.
[D] Yeah, yeah, oh, yes, I've been running [G] a long [C] time,
_ looking [F] on and on.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ Yes, I've been running [G] a long [C] time,
_ _ summer's [A] come and gone, [D] oh, oh,
drifting [G] under the dream [C] clouds,
_ that's the [A] broken sun, [D] oh, yes,
oh, yes, I've been living [G] a long [C] time,
to be [F] back beyond.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ Yes, I gave my last hope to you,
don't hand it back to me, Bitter [G] Blue,
_ no, _ my Bitter Blue. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I've done all one man can do,
don't pass me up, oh, [A] Bitter Blue, _ _ _
my Bitter Blue, whoa, [D] _ _ [A]
my Bitter Blue,
_ _ [D] _ _ [A]
Bitter Blue, _ yeah, _ my Bitter Blue,
whoa, _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ back to you,
don't hand it back to [A] me, Bitter Blue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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