Bitter Green
Gordon Lightfoot (1968)


Fingerpicking in 4/4
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Intro
| [F] | [F] | [Gm7] | [Gm7] |
| [F] | [F] | [Gm7] | [Gm7]  

U-   | [F] pon the bitter | green she walked
the | [Gm7] hills above the | town |
| [F] Echo'd to her | footsteps as | [Gm7] soft as Eider | down |
| [F] Waiting for her | master to | [Gm7] kiss away her tears | [Gm7] ...
| [Gm7] Waiting through the | [C] years.

Chorus
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Walking in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Loving every-   | [C] one that she | [F] met. | [F]  
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Waiting in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Waiting for some-   | [C] one to take her | [F] home. | [F]  

Some | [F] say he was a | sailor who | [Gm7] died away at | sea.
Some | [F] say he was a | prisoner who | [Gm7] never was set | free |
| [F] Lost upon the | ocean he | [Gm7] died there in the | mist |
| [Gm7] Dreaming of a | [C] kiss.

Chorus
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Walking in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Loving every-   | [C] one that she | [F] met. | [F]  
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Waiting in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Waiting for some-   | [C] one to take her | [F] home. | [F] |

Instrumental
| [C]   | [C] | [Bb] | [Bb] |
| [Ab] | [G] | [C]   | [C]   |

But | [F] now the bitter | green is gone, the | [Gm7] hills have turned to | rust.
There | [F] comes a weary | stranger, his | [Gm7] tears fall in the | dust. |
| [F] Kneeling by the | churchyard | [Gm7] in the autumn | mist |
| [Gm7] Dreaming of her | [C] kiss.

Chorus
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Walking in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Loving every-   | [C] one that she | [F] met. | [F]  
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Waiting in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Waiting for some-   | [C] one to take her | [F] home. | [F]  

Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Walking in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Loving every-   | [C] one that she | [F] met. | [F]  
Bitter | [F] Green they | [Am] called her |
| [Bb] Waiting in the | [C] sun |
| [Bb] Waiting for some-   | [C] one... | [C] .... | [C] .... | [C] . to take her
| [F] home. | [Bb] | [F] | [F!]  

#Play along Gordon Lightfoot in this key.

#Last Updated 04/18/2022 JJ
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