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Bitters End

Roxy Music
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Ba - ap,  bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
 Ba - ap,  bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
 Ba  - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba  - ahhh!
 At last the crimson chord cas - cades,
 To shower dry cordials  with  - in,
 Too late to leap the chocolate gate...
Pale foun - tains fizz - ing forth pink gin!
e|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-----3-----2-----2-----|
G|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 While destiny prepares to fly,
 The farmyard chorus sings  it's  wake,
 Upstanding anthem to the sky...
Too soon to re - al - ise their fate...
e|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-----3-----2-----2-----|
G|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
 ...is ours!  You were the raven of Oc - tober,
 I knew the sign you flew a  - round,
 Up in the air, so high a - bove  me,
 Never needed to look  down!
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|--0--2--4---|
E|------------|
 I never thought I'd be a rover,
 I didn't even look a -  round,  |  /  /  /  / |
But I know you've found a - nother,
A7
So will someone please find me------?
 Give now the host his claret cup,
 And watch madeira's fare - well  drink,
 Note his reaction, acid sharp,  ...should make the cognoscenti think!
 = xx0232
 = x24432
 = 224432
 = 320033
 = x02020
 = xx0233
 = xx0230
 = 302020
/  = 202020
/  = 002020

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Readable chord sheet for Bitters End by Roxy Music

Ba - [D]ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
Ba - [Bm]ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
[B] Ba[G] - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba[A7] - ahhh!

[D]   At last the crimson chord cas - c[Bm]ades,
To shower dry cordials[B] wit[G]h - in,
Too late to leap the chocolate g[A7]ate...

   Pale foun - tains fizz - ing  forth pink  gin!
e|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-----3-----2-----2-----|
G|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

[D]   While destiny prepares to [Bm]fly,
The farmyard chorus sings[B] it[G]'s wake,
Upstanding anthem to the s[A7]ky...

   Too  soon    to    re  - al - ise  their fate...
e|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------3-----3-----2-----2-----|
G|--2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

...is o[D]urs! You were the raven of Oc - t[Bm]ober,
[B]   [G]        I knew the sign you flew a[A7] - round,
[D]    Up in the air, so high a - b[Bm]ove me,
[B]   [G]        Never needed to lo[A7]ok down!

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|--0--2--4---|
E|------------|

[D]   I never thought I'd be a r[Bm]over,
[B]   [G]        I didn't even look a [A7]- round, [A7] | [A7] / [G]  [A7] / [F#]  /[A7]   [E]  /  |
[D]    Bu[Dsus4]t  I kn[D]ow [Dsus2]you've found a - n[Bm]other,
[B]  [G]                               [A7]
           So will someone please find me------?

[D]    Give now the host his claret c[Bm]up,
And watch madeira's fare - [B]wel[G]l drink,
Note his reaction, acid s[A7]harp, ...should make the cognoscenti think!

[D]        =  xx0232
[Bm]       =  x24432
[B]    =  224432
[G]        =  320033
[A7]       =  x02020
[Dsus4]    =  xx0233
[Dsus2]    =  xx0230
[A7/G]     =  302020
[A7]/[F#]    =  202020
[A7]/[E]     =  002020

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