Bitter Creek Eagles

 
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 This is the verse and the chorus.


 Play around with the chords a bit.


 The acoustic is tuned (low to high): DADGBD


 Where you see the ***, that's where the verse repeats to.


 


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 *** Once I was young..so un-sure


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 I tried any ill to find the cure


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 1/2 1/2 An old man told me


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 1/2 1/2 Tried to scold me


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 Woa, son, don't wade too deep in Bitter Creek


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 Bitter Creek________________


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 This little thing comes in right after "We're gonna hit


 the road one last time", it's the only major alteration


 of the verse chords the second time around. Just listen


 and you'll hear the harmonics.


 


 ...time__________ We can walk right in...


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 Now, here's the guitar part underneath the "Ooooh____" part.


 This keeps repeating for a while.


 


 Oooooooh____________________________________________________________


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{t:Bitter Creek}
 {st:Eagles}
 
 Desperado
 [1973] 
 Bernie is my favorite Eagles member, so this song was a must.
 It's really easy to play, with a little alternate tuning, and
 I'm just going to kinda get the chords down, so you guys can
 fill in a rhythm by listening to the album or making one up
 yourself. Have fun cause you know there ain't no cause to
 weep at Bitter Creek.
 
 
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 {eot}
 This is the verse and the chorus.
 Play around with the chords a bit.
 The acoustic is tuned (low to high): DADGBD
 Where you see the ***, that's where the verse repeats to.
 
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 *** Once I was young..so un-sure
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 I tried any ill to find the cure
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 1/2 1/2 An old man told me
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 1/2 1/2 Tried to scold me
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 Woa, son, don't wade too deep in Bitter Creek
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 Bitter Creek________________
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 This little thing comes in right after "We're gonna hit
 the road one last time", it's the only major alteration
 of the verse chords the second time around. Just listen
 and you'll hear the harmonics.
 
 ...time__________ We can walk right in...
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 Now, here's the guitar part underneath the "Ooooh____" part.
 This keeps repeating for a while.
 
 Oooooooh____________________________________________________________
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 That's about it for this song.
 Just play a verse and chorus, verse and chorus,
 then the Oooooh bridge, then a verse and chorus,
 and end on the Oooooh part. Good luck!
 
 Lyrics:
 
 Once I was young and so unsure
 Tried any ill to find a cure
 An old man told
 Tried to scold me
 Woa, son, don't wade too deep
 in Bitter Creek
 Bitter Creek
 
 Out where the desert meets the sky
 Is where I go when I wanna hide
 Oh peyote (oh peyote, oooh)
 She tried to show me (tried to show me)
 You know there ain't no cause to weep
 At Bitter Creek
 Bitter Creek
 
 Oooooh___
 Oooooh___
 
 We're gonna hit the road one last time
 We can walk right in, and steal 'em blind
 All that money (all that money)
 No more runnin' (no more runnin')
 I can't wait to see the old man's face
 When I win the race
 Bitter Creek
 
 Oooooh___
 Oooooh___
 
 repeats till end

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