Bitter Green

BITTER GREEN Time: 4/4 (sync) Tenor: D Bass: C

INTRO: 1, 1, 2m, 2m

1 * 5 *

Up-on the Bitter Green she walked, the hills above the town

3m * 2m *

Echoed to her footsteps, as soft as eider-down

3m * 2m *

Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears

* 5

Waiting through the years

1 * 4 5

Bitter Green, they called her, walking in the sun

4 5 1 *

Loving ev'ry-one that she met____

1 * 4 5

Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun

4 5 1 *

Waiting for some-one to take her home____

1 * 5 *

Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea

3m 2m *

Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free

3m * 2m *

Lost upon the ocean, he died there in the mist

* 5

Dreaming of a kiss

1 * 5 *

But now the Bitter Green is gone, the hills have turned to rust

3m * 2m *

There comes a weary stranger whose tears fall in the dust

3m * 2m *

Kneeling by the churchyard, in the autumn mist

* 5

Dreaming of a kiss

ENDING: REPEAT CHORUS

NOTES:

SYMBOLS:

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure

- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):

- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

- Key of C: C D E F G A B

- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)