Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Bitterness

      [Verse 1]
                  C    G
I don't wanna be bitter
                     C
I dont wanna be the girl with
                 D
the upside down smile

                         C    G
It's cold enough in the winter
                      C          G
walking through this pain feels like
     A      G    D
a thousand long miles

                  Em7
I'm stuck in the middle
         Am7
of just around the bend
    C
but I keeping breaking down
           D
before I reach the end


[Chorus]
            G
'Cause it hurts too much
       D
and I just can't rise above
          C
all the things you said you'd do
         D
but you never follow through
           Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
           C
who keep trying to bring me down
          D
and I've swung my fists
                              C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
            C  G  D
The Bitterness
            C  G  D
The Bitterness


[Verse 2]
              C    G
It's like a poison
       C
and I can't get it
Am     C    D
out of my veins

             C        G
a deafening noise that
        C       G
keeps pounding down
       Am    G   D
like buckets of rain

                 Em
well there's so many things
                     Am
I know I should be thankful for
           C
so why is it so hard to pick myself
    D
up off the floor?


[Chorus 2]
            G
'Cause it hurts too much
       D
and I just can't rise above
          C
all the things you said you'd do
         D
but you never follow through
           Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
           C
who keep trying to bring me down
          D
and I've swung my fists
                              C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
            C  G  D
The Bitterness
            C  G  D
The Bitterness


[Solo]
C  G  D  D (x2)


[Bridge]
      Em
This isn't really like me
      C
It's not who I wanna be
Am7
God, please take these
  D
chains off of me


[Chorus 3]
            G
'Cause it hurts too much
       D
and I just can't rise above
          C
all the things you said you'd do
         D            G   Dm
but you never follow through
           Em
and I've wrestled with the demons
           C
who keep trying to bring me down
          D
and I've swung my fists
                              C
'cause i just wanna get this over with
               D
oh, and I've swung my fists
                     Bm       C
'cause I just wanna get this over with
            C  G  D
This Bitterness
        C  G  D
The Bitterness  yeah
        C   G   D
The Bitterness
        C   G   D
The Bitterness


[Outro]
                  C    G
I don't wanna be bitter
                      C    G
I don't wanna be the girl with
      A           G
the upside down smile