Roxy Music - Bitters End Chords & Tabs

Artist: Roxy Music
Song: Bitters end
Tabbed by:DJ

Tuning:Standard

CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)


     D
Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
     Bm
Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap!
Bm/F#  G                                                   A7
 Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ap, bap - bap - bap! Ba - ahhh!


D                                   Bm
   At last the crimson chord cas - cades,
                      Bm/F#   G
To shower dry cordials with - in,
                                A7
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|--------------------------------------------------|


D                            Bm
   While destiny prepares to fly,
                         Bm/F#  G
The farmyard chorus sings it's wake,
                          A7
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|--------------------------------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/roxy_music/bitters_end_crd.html ]
       D                                Bm
...is ours! You were the raven of Oc - tober,
Bm/F#  G                                 A7
           I knew the sign you flew a - round,
D                               Bm             
    Up in the air, so high a - bove me,
Bm/F#  G                         A7
           Never needed to look down!


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

D                            Bm
   I never thought I'd be a rover,
Bm/F#  G                            A7       A7 A7/G A7/F# A7/E
           I didn't even look a - round,  |  /    /   /     /  |
D     Dsus4  D  Dsus2             Bm
    But  I know you've found a - nother,
Bm/F#  G                               A7      
           So will someone please find me------?


D                                 Bm
    Give now the host his claret cup,
                           Bm/F#  G
And watch madeira's fare - well drink,
                         A7
Note his reaction, acid sharp, ...should make the cognoscenti think!

 
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Chords relative to capo:

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