Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter by Elvis Costello, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter

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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus on 25 August 1954) is an internationally known English singer-songwriter. Gaining prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-70s, he burst into fame with his critically acclaimed 1977 debut 'My Aim Is True', still one of the most successful debuts of all time. He soon did much work in the genres of punk rock, power pop, and New Wave after he formed Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

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Written by Carole King & Elvis Costello

[Intro]
Dm E (x2)

[Verse 1]
Am G F
She said, what is it that I've done that you want me to be punished
Am G F
As she woke up one day to find he had started to vanish
G
If you overhear voices
Dm G
Perhaps you should not be listening
Dm F
Twitch the vigilant lace,
G
Make a sly, sour face,
Asus4 A
Set the scandalous whispering

[Chorus]
Em D A
She's out on her own with the rest of her riches
Em D A
As the kids paint him out of their refrigerator pictures
Dm
She picks up the bills
Em
Pays off the babysitter
F F Dm E
'Cause everybody knows burnt sugar is so bitter

[Instrumental]
Dm E (x3)

[Bridge]
Bm Em7
Once there was a time
Bm Em7
Before he turned strange
Am C
She thought they would be together for more than a lifetime
Bm Em7
Look at him now
Bm Em7
My, how things have changed
F Em
He could tear the sweetheart out of any girl
Bm E7
On just a whim
C Am
And turn it from a candy to a caramel
Bm Em
Then make her hate the silly way she used to feel
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 F
And say, I know nothing about him

[Instrumental]
Dm E (x2)

[Verse 2]
Am G F
Now what's left of the birthday cake is very beautifully frosted
Am G F
An absent father picks up the phone to find the number's unlisted
G
And while the kids are distracted
Dm G Dm
They don't notice she's nervous at all
F
But how long it will take
G
Not to make a mistake
Asus4 A
When a gentleman comes to call

[Chorus 2]
Em D A
She's out on her own with the rest of her riches
Em D A
As the kids tear down their refrigerator pictures
Dm Em
They already know how a woman may advance
F Em
From a pretty picture hat to a supermarket trance
Dm Em
But if he's unkind he might as well forget her
F
'Cause everybody knows
F Dm E
burnt sugar is so bitter
Dm E Dm E
Burnt sugar is so bitter
Dm E
Burnt sugar

[Outro]
Dm E