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Bitter The Parting by John Doyle
Bitter The Parting
Tuning:D A D G A D
Key:Cm
Capo:no capo
Not sure how John does it but I'm tuned down from DADGAD a whole step to CBCFBC
to play in C.
The C is a minor or minor sounding mode (I'm using a C5). Might be easier to
just either play in D
or to tune down but transpose +2 for D shapes while still playing in C.
The chords I'm using are as such:
C(C5) Bb Fm Gm Ab Eb
C---0--------------0----0-----0-----0-----
B---0--------3-----0----0-----0-----0-----
F---2--------0-----3----5-----7-----2-----
C---0--------2-----0----0-----0-----0-----
B---5--------3-----5----7-----8-----3-----
C---0--------------5----7-----8-----3-----
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
C Bb Fm Gm
With a red rose in summer, the leaves soft and green
C Bb Fm Gm
You walked without speaking, your arm held in mine
Ab Eb Gm
And the lon dubh was singing as we passed on by
C Eb Bb Gm C
And bitter the parting of lovers entwined
[Verse 2]
C Bb Fm Gm
You said that you loved me, you said that you cared
C Bb Fm Gm
You told me you would never go and leave me behind
Ab Eb Gm
The one that I love has altered his mind
C Eb Bb Gm C
And bitter the parting of lovers entwined
[Verse 3]
C Bb Fm Gm
I have to leave now this place I adored
C Bb Fm Gm
No more can I wander the wild glens and shores
Ab Eb Gm
For the tyrants have robbed me of house, lands, and pride
C Eb Bb Gm C
And it's bitter the parting of lovers entwined
[Instrumantal] - play chords from verses
[Verse 4]
C Bb Fm Gm
The dew from the morning still hung from the leaves
C Bb Fm Gm
The dogs they were barking from over the fields
Ab Eb Gm
When you sighed and I cried for what we had done
C Eb Bb Gm Fm
And it's bitter the parting of the wounded in love
[Verse 5]
C Bb Fm Gm
So we kissed and we parted and from her I did steer
C Bb Fm Gm
I sat by the river and watched it flow by
Ab Eb Gm
Like time in a bottle, it weaves and it glides
C Eb Bb Gm C
And bitter the parting of lovers entwined
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