SOUL ASYLUM

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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 16:34:22 0500
From: Bryan Pero 

Soul Asylum
"Bittersweetheart"
>From "Let Your Dim Light Shine" 
Transcribed by Bryan Pero (perob@willow.uml.edu)

Intro:

For the intro Dave Pirner pounds out an A chord.  Then Dave 
repeats the intro riff while Dan Murphy (Gtr.2) strums the A 
chord once and lets it sustain through Dave's little stop-time 
riff.  It looks like this:

Gtr.1 (Intro Riff)
E--------------------------
B--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
G--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2-- repeat
D--x--2---2-2---2--2--2-2--
A--------------------------
E--------------------------

Gtr. 2(played right before Dave repeats intro riff)

E-------------
B-------------
G--2-2--2-----
D--2-2--2-----
A-------------
E-------------

Okay, for the verses, just strum the chord once, then pick it 
out going from the high E string up, like an upstroke, only 
pick out the notes.  And just listen to the album for the 
rythym of the electric distorted parts and anything else 
that№s hard to understand here.  

Verse I

A(clean electric)					          D
Why you always wanna get the best of me, I'm like a seeing eye 
dog and I 

                E
Can't even see, They're naked and they're followin' my master 
who's 

		 A (distortion on)
blind and my mind's gone to pieces I could use some peace of 
mind

     A                                           D         		
So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start stole an old 
stiletto

					     E
started stabbin' in the dark and I can't live without it I 
would 

                            A
surely fall apart, but it's hard to make arrangements round a 

bittersweetheart


Chorus:

D                 E
Bittersweetheart, Bittersweetheart

A                     D                   D                E              
Better get yourself a little street smart bittersweetheart sad 
but true

       A                         D             E(palm mute)   
It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure

 (with chorus riff)     A                 D     E              
A  D  E
It's just my bittersweetheart, bittersweetheaaaaart, 
bittersweetheart

Verse II:

            A                               
It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end

         D
tired of compliment fishin' and impressin' your friends

  E
I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell

       A
It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lotta hell

       A
In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start

        D
but you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart

          E
there's a darkness loomin' but the sun is shining bright

      A    
I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night 

Chorus:
D                 E
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart

A                 D 
without a shortcut without a headstart

D                E                   A
Bittersweetheart sad but true it's a bittersweetheart 

         D             E(p.m.)                  A  
that's a hard heart to cure, my bittersweetheart
(w/chourus riff)
         D       E                    A D E
It's the hardest part, bittersweetheart


Bridge: 
D                E
Are you in there are you beating

A                D  
Beating me up until I'm bleeding

D        E              D  E
How much blood can you spare?

Chorus:
D                 E
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart

A                        D
Think just a drink might get you to the good part

D                E
lyin'in bed just wonderin' what to do

       A                         D              E(p.m.)
It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure

Play Intro riff, then:

With Intro riff:

In time inside you find you always wind up with a 
bitterweetheart

Then play Chorus riffs and Outro riff.  Repeat and Fade. 


Chorus riffs: (Gtr.1 strum chords above tab)

   A                        D      E
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------1-1--
D----------------------------4~-2~--2-2--
A--0--2--2-2--2--4~-0---0--0--------2-2--
E----------------------------------------

   A                         D            E  
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--4---4br-4-2-0-2--2~-0-2~-4--
E----------------------------------------------------

Outro Riff: (I№ve include the time on the CD to help you 
follow the tab)

    2:58					           3:05
   A|                       D     E           A|           
E---V------------------------------------------V-------------
B--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
G--------------------------7-7-------------------------------
D--------------------------5-5----------------------------7--
A--0--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-4--------------------5--7-7--7-9----
E------------------------------0--5--5-5--7-5----------------



           3:10
           | 			
E----------V---------------------------------------------
B-----------------------14-------------------------------
G--7-------/14-14-14----14----7--------7-------7-7-------Repea
t and Fade
D----9--7--/14-14-14----14----7----7---7---7---7-7----7--
A-------------------------------9--------9---------9-----
E--------------------14----------------------------------

Also during the Outro, while Dan Murphy is playing the solo 
stuff, 
Dave Pirner, while playing his A and D chords, plays a D like 
this:
D-007777-

The rest of the chord forms are first position for Dave 
Pirner(Gtr.1)
and power chords for Dan Murphy.  

Well, that№s it!!  Send me any comments!!