Bitter Sweet Symphony
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
Album: Urban Hymns (1997)
Music from the theme of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra cover of The Last Time (Rolling
Stones, 1965).
[Intro]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A x2
E Bm7 Dsus2 A (Dsus2 = Dsus2/E)
e|--0---------2-----0-------0-------|
B|--0---0-----3-----3---3---2---2---|
G|--1-1---1---2---2-2-2-----2-2-----|
D|--2---------4-4---0-------2-------| x10
A|--2---------2-----0-------0-------|
E|--0---------x-----0-------x-------|
[Verse 1]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony that's life
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
A
[Chorus]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I can't change my mould, no no no no no no
(have you ever been down?)
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
[Verse 2]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
but the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
[Chorus]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E
I can't change my mould, no no no no no no
(and have you ever been down?)
Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I can't change it you know, I can't change it...
[Verse 3]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony that's life
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
A
[Chorus]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
You know I can change, I can change, I can change, I can change
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I can't change my mould, no no no no no
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I can't change my mould, no no no no no
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
I can't change my mould, no no no no
[Outro]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A
(It's just sex and violence, melody and silence)...
E Bm7 Dsus2 A E Bm7 Dsus2 A
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)...
...
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
...
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