[INTRO]
[Dm] [E] (x2)
[VERSE 1]
She said, [Am]what is it that I've [G]done that you want me to be [F]punished
As she [Am]woke up one day to [G]find he had started to [F]vanish
If you overhear [G]voices
[Dm]Perhaps you should not be [G]listening
[Dm]Twitch the vigilant [F]lace,
Make a sly, sour [G]face,
Set the scandalous [Asus4]whispering[A]
[CHORUS]
[Em]She's out on her own with the [D]rest of her [A]riches
As the [Em]kids paint him out of their re[D]frigerator [A]pictures
She [Dm]picks up the bills
Pays [Em]off the babysitter
'Cause [F]everybody knows burnt [F]sugar is so [Dm]bitter[E]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [E] (x3)
[BRIDGE]
[Bm]Once there was a [Em7]time
[Bm]Before he turned [Em7]strange
[Am]She thought they would be together [C]for more than a lifetime
[Bm]Look at him [Em7]now
[Bm]My, how things have [Em7]changed
[F]He could tear the sweetheart out of [Em]any girl
[Bm]On just a [E7]whim
And [C]turn it from a candy to a [Am]caramel
Then [Bm]make her hate the silly way she [Em]used to feel
And [Cmaj7]say, I know nothing [Fmaj7]about [F]him
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [E] (x2)
[VERSE 2]
Now what's [Am]left of the birthday [G]cake is very beautifully [F]frosted
An absent [Am]father picks up the [G]phone to find the number's un[F]listed
And while the kids are dis[G]tracted
[Dm]They don't notice she's [G]nervous at [Dm]all
But how long it will [F]take
Not to make a mis[G]take
When a gentleman [Asus4]comes to [A]call
[CHORUS 2]
[Em]She's out on her own with the [D]rest of her [A]riches
As the [Em]kids tear down their re[D]frigerator [A]pictures
They [Dm]already know how a [Em]woman may advance
From a [F]pretty picture hat to a [Em]supermarket trance
But [Dm]if he's unkind he [Em]might as well forget her
'Cause [F]everybody knows
burnt [F]sugar is so [Dm]bitter[E]
Burnt [Dm]sugar[E] is so [Dm]bitter[E]
Burnt [Dm]sugar[E]
[OUTRO]
[Dm] [E]
[Dm] [E] (x2)
[VERSE 1]
She said, [Am]what is it that I've [G]done that you want me to be [F]punished
As she [Am]woke up one day to [G]find he had started to [F]vanish
If you overhear [G]voices
[Dm]Perhaps you should not be [G]listening
[Dm]Twitch the vigilant [F]lace,
Make a sly, sour [G]face,
Set the scandalous [Asus4]whispering[A]
[CHORUS]
[Em]She's out on her own with the [D]rest of her [A]riches
As the [Em]kids paint him out of their re[D]frigerator [A]pictures
She [Dm]picks up the bills
Pays [Em]off the babysitter
'Cause [F]everybody knows burnt [F]sugar is so [Dm]bitter[E]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [E] (x3)
[BRIDGE]
[Bm]Once there was a [Em7]time
[Bm]Before he turned [Em7]strange
[Am]She thought they would be together [C]for more than a lifetime
[Bm]Look at him [Em7]now
[Bm]My, how things have [Em7]changed
[F]He could tear the sweetheart out of [Em]any girl
[Bm]On just a [E7]whim
And [C]turn it from a candy to a [Am]caramel
Then [Bm]make her hate the silly way she [Em]used to feel
And [Cmaj7]say, I know nothing [Fmaj7]about [F]him
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [E] (x2)
[VERSE 2]
Now what's [Am]left of the birthday [G]cake is very beautifully [F]frosted
An absent [Am]father picks up the [G]phone to find the number's un[F]listed
And while the kids are dis[G]tracted
[Dm]They don't notice she's [G]nervous at [Dm]all
But how long it will [F]take
Not to make a mis[G]take
When a gentleman [Asus4]comes to [A]call
[CHORUS 2]
[Em]She's out on her own with the [D]rest of her [A]riches
As the [Em]kids tear down their re[D]frigerator [A]pictures
They [Dm]already know how a [Em]woman may advance
From a [F]pretty picture hat to a [Em]supermarket trance
But [Dm]if he's unkind he [Em]might as well forget her
'Cause [F]everybody knows
burnt [F]sugar is so [Dm]bitter[E]
Burnt [Dm]sugar[E] is so [Dm]bitter[E]
Burnt [Dm]sugar[E]
[OUTRO]
[Dm] [E]
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