Chords
Bitterness Or Sympathy

Key: C

Introduction:

 F                                                   C 
The first night I should've left you,
 Am                             G 
Before I shut my eyes,
 F                                   C                               G 
I prayed to God I'd wake up somewhere else.
 F                                             C 
When the mornin' came to find me,
 Am                                         G 
You were sleepin' there beside me,
 F                                 C                         G 
I wondered if this nightmare ever ends…
(same for the rest of the song!!)
 F                                             C 
The door was left wide open,
 Am                                                   G                         F 
And the neighbors, they were smokin' in the afternoon,
 C                               G 
To pass away the time.
 F                                             C 
You looked at me so cold and said,
   Am                                         G 
"This house is not my home,"
 F                                     C                         G 
I wish you knew how true that felt most nights.
 F                                             C 
Is it bitterness or sympathy,
 Am                                                   G 
That keeps you standin' here with me?
 F                                     C                         G 
I'm not sure how much more I can take.
     F                                               C 
'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
 Am                                                   G 
To sit here with you wastin' time,
 F                                     C                         G 
And now I think I'd like to walk away.
 F                                 C 
I was standing in Ohio,
 Am                         G 
On the 28th of March,
 F                                     C                         G 
With a guitar and a suitcase in my hands.
 F                                           C 
When the wind, it stole my cap,
 Am                                     G 
Lord, all I could do was laugh,
 F                                       C                             G 
And thank the stars I'm still a drinkin' man.
 F                                             C 
Is it bitterness or sympathy,
 Am                                                   G 
That keeps you standin' here with me?
 F                                     C                         G 
I'm not sure how much more I can take.
     F                                               C 
'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
 Am                                                   G 
To sit here with you wastin' time,
 F                                     C                         G 
And now I think I'd like to walk away.
 F                                             C 
I was walkin' in a graveyard,
 Am                                                   G 
Where no one that I know rests,
 F                                     C                         G 
Thinkin' maybe I could clear my head.
 F                                             C 
And on the cemetery breeze,
 Am                                         G 
I heard a song about belief,
 F                                     C                         G 
Sung with a thunder I can't understand.
 F                                             C 
Is it bitterness or sympathy,
 Am                                                   G 
That keeps you standin' here with me?
 F                                     C                         G 
I'm not sure how much more I can take.
     F                                               C 
'Cause I have sacrificed my peace of mind,
 Am                                                   G 
To sit here with you wastin' time,
 F                                     C                         G 
And now I think I'd like to walk away.