SOUL ASYLUM - "bittersweetheart" Tablature

Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 16:34:22 0500
From: Bryan Pero <perob@willow.uml.edu>

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
that¹s 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: (I¹ve 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, that¹s it!! Send me any comments!!