Bittersweet — Big Head Todd

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This is what I've come up with for Big Head Todd and the Monsters Song "Bittersweet" from their latest album. I make no guarrante as To the accuracy, but it sounds pretty close when I play along with The song. Please E-Mail/Post me any corrections....

The basic riff:

A slight variation on the above ending:

Bridge

I know this is not correct, but it is the basic notes. In reality He shifts his hand positions up the neck as he plays it, and ends Up with a F-major bar chord on the 5th fret.

Solo

I don't have the solo completely worked out, but the basic chords On the intro are the F-major (5 5 7 5 6 5 ) and G-major (7 7 9 7 8 7) bar chords on the 5th and 7th frets respectively.

After the bridge, the solo starts out like this:

Really snap the F on the B-string. This leads into a rhythm Pattern with the G and F bar chords and a little riff that goes Kind of like this:

I'm not really sure on the rest of the solo.... If anyone else can Decipher it and post it, I'd appreciate it...... I know it's just Some basic chords but I can't get it to sound just right.

I've been using a combination of the following chords:

X x x 7 8 10 X x x 7 8 7 X x x 7 8 8 X x x x 8 7 X x x x 7 5 X x x x 5 3 X x x x 10 8 X x x x 12 10 X x x x 15 15

I know there is more to it though....

That's what I've come up with.... Any comments, questions, or Corrections are welcome....

Paul J. Michell [email protected]