Bittersweet by Fuel guitar tab (text):

Bittersweet

by Fuel

tabbed by moonsoon3@aol.com

standard tuning



i saw these guys live and they began this with an introduction--the intro to Stairway to Heaven.



C*, D*, etc are power chords played around the A string and letting

the high b and e strings ring.  rhythm guitar plays these.



the bass part pretty much just plays the root note of whatever chord

is being played, with a few hit-ons and such to make it interesting.



INTRO:

e|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----

B|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----

G|-16-16-(continue top line two frets above bottom line--like a power chord w/o middle string)

D|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----

A|-14-14-14-15-14-17-|-17-15-15-14-|-14-14-15-14-|-12-10-10-12-10-|-----

E|-x--x--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----

   C* 		       D*            E*            D*

e-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------

B-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------

G-------------|--------------|----6-6-6-6----------------------------

D-------------|--------------|----x-------(pound this out a bit)

A-10-9-9-10-9-|-9-7--5-5-7-5-|-5--4-4-6-4----------------------------

E-------------|--------------|----x----------------------------------

  C*            B*             A*



intro to verse

 		      |played during the C* and D* of intro to verse by lead guitar:

e------------0~---0~--|---------------------|

B------------0~---0~--|--5-5-5-5b-5b-5-5----|

G------------5~---7~--|---------------------|

D-2--2--5-5--5~---7~--|---------------------|

A-2--2--5-5--3~---5~--|---------------------|

E-0--0--3-3-----------|---------------------|



verse/chorus:

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-2-2-5-5-/-10-10-10-12---------------------------

-2-2-5-5-/-10-10-10-12---------------------------

-0-0-3-3-/-8--8--8--10---------------------------



Seven sins of wantonness and everything that's good is gone

sell it all for glory from the peers

silicone priestess scratch the back and twist the knife to bone

kick against the pricks and scrape the shine



BRIDGE

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-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-----------------

-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-x-x-----------------

-5-x-6-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-6-x-7-x-x-x-----------------



I'm the enemy in the enemy now



CHORUS (verse/chorus riff)

	swallowed the pill

	drank to the fill

	all these things I carry now



CHORUS part 2 (bridge riff)

	in this bittersweet

	in this bittersweet now



back to intro to verse

then verse



Try to hold the world there sinking swimming in a paper cup

try to own the one beneath the skin

held up to the flames till singing skin begins to draw and tuck

never told there's not a chance to live



BRIDGE

	what wouldn't be; couldn't be now



CHORUS-CHORUS part 2



now back to the full intro



THIRD VERSE**little bit different

      E5      E5       G5     G5   C5     C5      D5    D5

Aw, I hold my hands up to the sky, try so hard to rise above

E5   E5           G5   G5  C5~          B5~ 

everything that's breaking dow-ow-ow-ow-own, hey-ey-yeah-ah



CHORUS-CHORUS part 2

CHORUS

LAST CHORUS PART 2:					      E5

in this bittersweet, in this bittersweet! in this bittersweet now.



my band played this and it sounded great, because it's a kickass song.

we had the lead do the intro against the rhythm guitar, and they both played

the verses and choruses.  during the chorus, the lead fast-strummed sixteenth

notes, to make that brushing sort of sound that's on the CD during the chorus, 

that sort of record-spinning sound.  it sounded great. . . .Fuel rules.