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Song title: When Did I Become Such A Bitch
Original Album: The Graduate
Words and Music by Nerina Pallot
Copyright © 2009 Idaho / Echo Records
Published by Idaho Records
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)
NOTES:
This is really a piano song, as were many on this album, but this is such a
catchy, upbeat, song that I just had to transcribe it for guitar. This is a
cool song from one of the great songwriters out there. Enjoy!
INTRO:
[play: Guitar Figure 1]
Guitar Figure 1
Gm C Gm C Dm
|-------------------------------|----------------------5--------|
|------3-6-5-----5-----3--------|------3-6-5-----5-------8-6-5--|
|----3-------5-5---5-5---5-3-2--|----3-------5-5---5-5----------|
|--5----------------------------|--5----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
VERSE:
Gm C F Bb
In Sears and Roebuck, in Nineteen Fifty-Seven,
Gm C F Bb
In my last life, all good girls would go to Heaven
Gm C F Bb
But I've a strangeness, a queer propensity
Gm C F
For twisting the knife too easily
PRE-CHORUS:
Dm Bb C F
When I think I'm getting better, I'm just getting worse
Dm Bb F C C7
When I think I've got it made, I get impossibly cursed
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nerina_pallot/when_did_i_become_such_a_bitch_tab.html ]
CHORUS:
G F C C7
When did I become such a bitch?
G F C C7
And how did I let this happen? I don't know
G F
When did I become such a bitch?
Bb F
I used to be so nice
[play: Guitar Figure 1]
VERSE:
It's like a sickness, I'm powerless to stop it
My boring life, my little heart made misanthropic
Don't give me reasons, just give me therapy
But, really, just give me what I want
PRE-CHORUS:
When I think I'm getting better, I'm evil again
When I think I've got it fixed, I have familiar refrains
CHORUS:
When did I become such a bitch?
And how did I let this happen? I don't know
When did I become such a bitch?
I used to be so nice
Bb C
Well, I used to be alright
BRIDGE:
Dm C F Dm
But I-I-I-I-I hate everyone and everything all the time
C E N.C.
And being so cruel - 'cause all the pleasure that I get
E N.C.
My wicked tongue helps me forget myself and all my foolish ways
Dm C F Dm
'Cause being good is just so fucking boring
[play: Guitar Figure 1]
PRE-CHORUS:
When I think I'm getting better, I'm just getting worse
When I think I've got it made, I get impossibly cursed
When I think that I'm better, I'm worse, yes, I am
When I think that I'm better, I find that I'm cursed
CHORUS:
When did I become such a bitch?
And how did I let this happen? I don't know
When did I become such a bitch?
I used to be so nice, once upon a time
Oh, when did I become such a bitch?
And how did I let this happen? I don't know
When did I become such a bitch?
I used to be so nice
Well, I used to be alright
[play: Guitar Figure 1] [x2]
[end on F]
CHORDS:
Gm 355333
C 335553
D 557765
F 133211 or 88 10 10 10 8
Bb 113331 or 688766
C7 335353
E 779997