THE VERVE - BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY (1997)

[CT #0][3]
[INTRO]
E  Bm7  Dsus2  A (x5)
             
            E      Bm7     Dsus2 A          E    Bm7 Dsus2 A                  
Cos' it's a bittersweet    symphony that's life
          E          Bm7             Dsus2                    
Trying to make ends meet  you're a slave to the 
  A             E   Bm7 Dsus2  A
money then you die.
              E              Bm7     Dsus2     
I'll take you doooown theeee oooonly road I've 
A     E       Bm7 Dsus2  A
ever been down

             E            Bm7              Dsus2       
You know the oooone that takes you to the places where 
A              E        Bm7 Dsus2 A
all the veins meet yeah

E                  Bm7           Dsus2        A
No change  I can change  I can change  I can change 
         E          Bm7         Dsus2         A
But I'm here in my mould  I am here in my mould.
           E                 Bm7        Dsus2          A
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
              E            
I can't change my mould 
Bm7     Dsus2     A 
no  no  no  no  no  no  
E  Bm7  Dsus2  A  E  Bm7  Dsus2  A
no (have you ever been down?)

           E     Bm7          Dsus2     
Well I've never prayed  but tonight I'm 
A       E         Bm7  Dsus2  A
on my knees yeah
           E         Bm7         Dsus2        
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the 
A          E        Bm7  Dsus2  A
pain in    me yeah
           E       Bm7           Dsus2    
I let the melody shine  let it cleanse my 
 A           E          Bm7  Dsus2   A
mind  I feel free now
           E          Bm7              Dsus2        
but the airwaves are clean and there's noooobody 
   A       E       Bm7     Dsus2  A
singing to me now         

 E                 Bm7           Dsus2        A
No change  I can change  I can change  I can change 
         E          Bm7         Dsus2         A
But I'm here in my mould  I am here in my mould.
           E                 Bm7        Dsus2          A
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
              E        
I can't change my mould 
 Bm7     Dsus2     A    E  Bm7  Dsus2  A  E  Bm7      Dsus2  A   
no  no  no  no  no  no  no (have you ever been down?)


            E      Bm7     Dsus2 A          E    Bm7 Dsus2 A                  
Cos' it's a bittersweet    symphony that's life
          E          Bm7             Dsus2                    
Trying to make ends meet  you're a slave to the 
  A             E   Bm7 Dsus2  A
money then you die.
           E                   Bm7           Dsus2         A
You know I can change  I can change  I can change  I can change 
         E          Bm7         Dsus2         A
But I'm here in my mould  I am here in my mould.
           E                 Bm7        Dsus2          A
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next

[OUTRO][FADE]
              E         
I can't change my mould 
Bm7     Dsus2     A    E  Bm7  Dsus2  A  E  Bm7  Dsus2  A
no  no  no  no  no  no  no
              E         
I can't change my mould 
Bm7     Dsus2     A    E  Bm7  Dsus2  A  E  Bm7  Dsus2  A
no  no  no  no  no  no  no
              E         
I can't change my mould 
Bm7     Dsus2     A    E  Bm7  Dsus2  A  E  Bm7  Dsus2  A
no  no  no  no  no  no  no

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(It’s just sex and violence, melody and silence)
(I’ll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(Been down)
(Ever been down)