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Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve
All-time classics Rock & alternative 90s & 2000s
KeyE
Capo—
LevelEasy
Transpose E 0
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Chord sheet
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BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY
The Verve
 
Album: Urban Hymns
 
E (022100)
Esus4 (022200)
Asus4 (002230)
A (002220)
 
 
EEsus4
Cause it's a bitter sweet
Asus4AEEsus4Asus4A
symphony that's life
EEsus4
Try to make ends meet,
Asus4AEEsus4A
you're a slave to money then you die
 
EEsus4
I'll take you down the only
Asus4AEEsus4Asus4A
road I've ever been down...
EEsus4
You know the one that takes you to
Asus4AEEsus4A
the places where all the veins meet, yeah.
 
 
Coro:
EEsus4Asus4A
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change,
EEsus4Asus4A
but I'm here in my mould , I am here in my mould
EEsus4Asus4A
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next...
EEsus4Asus4A
I can't change my mould , no,no,no,no,no,no,no
EEsus4Asus4A
I've ever been down... x2
 
 
Well I've never prayed,
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah.
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah.
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down...
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now.
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now.
 
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change,
but I'm here in my mould , I am here in my mould.
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no,no,no,no,no,no,no
 
Have you ever been down?... x2
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down... x2
 
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony yeah… x3
my life, your life.. x2
End

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This Chordsurf arrangement of Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve is presented in the key of E. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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