The Bitterest Pill (I ever had to swallow)
By THE JAM
 
Tabbed by dylchad
http://doubleyellowlines.co.nr

Notes : Great song, watch out for the timing on the chorus - 
just before the breaks.
 
Chords
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D -     000232
Bm -  x24432
C -    x32010
A -    x02220
G -    320033
E -    022100
 

Intro - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)
 
Verse 1
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A                                      E
In your white lace .... your wedding bells
 
Bm              D              A                   E
You look the picture ..contented new wealth
 
A                                              E
But from the on-looking fool ...believed your lies
 
Bm                                     A                    E 
I wish this grave .... open up and swallow me alive
 

Chorus
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Bm               A            G       A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
 
Bm         A                   G                               A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
 
*Break* - D / C / Bm / A / D

Verse 2
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A                                                     E
When the wheel ... fortune broke, you fell to me
 
Bm             D                         A    E
Out of grey skies .. change my misery
 
A                                         E    
The vacant spot, .... beating heart took its place
 
Bm                                                        A        E
But now I watch smoke leave .. lips and fill an empty room
 

Chorus
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Bm            A               G       A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
 
Bm            A               G                                  A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
 
D                       Bm
The bitterest pill .. mine to take   
                                                                               
                                        
D                                            C              Bm        
A         
If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill  

*Break* - - D / C / Bm / A / D (play twice)
 
Verse 3
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A                                                      E
Now autumn's breeze .... summer's leaves through my life
 
Bm              D                   A                 E
Twisted and broken dawn, .. days with sunlight
 
A                                          E
The dying spark, ... left your mark on me
       
D(hold)                             A                     E (cres.)
The promise of .... kiss, but with someone else
 

Chorus
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Bm                A           G           A
For the bitterest pill .. hard to swallow
 
Bm         A                  G                                  A
The love I gave hangs .. sad coloured, mocking shadows
 
D                        Bm
The bitterest pill .. mine to take 
                                    
D                                             C              Bm         A
If I took if for a hundred years, .. couldn't feel anymore ill  

Fade out.
 
The End.