Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter

          Am                   G  
She said, what is it that I've 
                         F
done that you want me to be punished
       Am                 G       
As she woke up one day to find he 
               F
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  
She's out on her own with the 
         A
rest of her riches
       Em                          
As the kids paint him out of their 
  D          A
refrigerator pictures
    Dm
She picks up the bills
     Em
Pays off the babysitter
       F                     F    
'Cause everybody knows burnt sugar
       Dm    E
 is so bitter

[Instrumental]
Dm   E   (x3)

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

[Instrumental]
Dm   E   (x2)

[Verse 2]
           Am                   G 
Now what's left of the birthday 
                       F
cake is very beautifully frosted
          Am                  G   
An absent father picks up the 
                         F
phone to find the number's unlisted
                          G
And while the kids are distracted
Dm                      G         
They don't notice she's nervous at
 Dm
 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  
She's out on her own with the 
         A
rest of her riches
       Em                  
As the kids tear down their 
   D          A
refrigerator pictures
     Dm                 Em
They already know how a woman may 
advance
       F                      
From a pretty picture hat to a 
 Em
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