----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bittersweet by Sara Bareilles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed By: May Anne Luyun Key: G Standard Tuning Intro: C (pause) Verse 1: D/F# G Bittersweet sea ? sons D/F# Em C Mistake a warm winter for spring D/F# G D/F# Em C Seems like I?m best at leaving when leaving is not the best thing Pre ? Chorus 1: G D/F# You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That?s just the way it goes now Verse 2: D/F# G D/F# Em C I call you mis - placed but never a waste of my time D/F# G Everybody?s gonna make mistakes, D/F# Em C But you?ll never be one of mine Pre ? Chorus 2: G D/F# You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That?s just the way it goes now G D/F# I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did Em C That?s just the way it goes now Chorus 1: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim Loved me fearless when you needed to Em A/C# You would not rest till you came through C D C So God bless and thank you Verse 3: D/F# G D/F# Em C There is no an - ger, it's just you and I and the truth D/F# G D/F# Em C You can try to make her but love will not be forced to bloom, to bloom Pre ? Chorus 3: G D/F# You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give Em C That?s just the way it goes now G D/F# The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and, Em C That?s just the way it goes now Chorus 2: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim You would not break but you could bend Em A/C# And for love?s sake you let love end, C D But I still swear that you were God sent Instrumental: Em ? A ? Em ? A ? Em ? A ? C ? D Pre ? Chorus 4: G D/F# And you stood before me knowing that the wings I have you gave Em C And that?s just the way it goes now G D/F# And I barely have the breath to breathe much less to fly away Em C And that?s just the way it goes now Chorus 3: G (bass line:B-C-D) Ebdim Em And a silence entered the room for a one last, A/C# "I?m gonna love you" C Ebdim Em ? A/C# - So God bless and thank you C D C - D So God bless and thank you, thank you C - D Yeah C - D(pause)