Elvis Costello - Burnt sugar is so bitter

She said, ^Amwhat is it that I've ^Gdone that you want me to be ^Fpunished As she ^Amwoke up one day to ^Gfind he had started to ^Fvanish If you overhear ^Gvoices ^DmPerhaps you should not be ^Glistening ^DmTwitch the vigilant ^Flace, Make a sly, sour ^Gface, Set the scandalous ^Asus4whispering^A

^EmShe's out on her own with the ^Drest of her ^Ariches As the ^Emkids paint him out of their re^Dfrigerator ^Apictures She ^Dmpicks up the bills Pays ^Emoff the babysitter 'Cause ^Feverybody knows burnt ^Fsugar is so ^Dmbitter^E

^BmOnce there was a ^Em7time ^BmBefore he turned ^Em7strange ^AmShe thought they would be together ^Cfor more than a lifetime ^BmLook at him ^Em7now ^BmMy, how things have ^Em7changed ^FHe could tear the sweetheart out of ^Emany girl ^BmOn just a ^E7whim And ^Cturn it from a candy to a ^Amcaramel Then ^Bmmake her hate the silly way she ^Emused to feel And ^Cmaj7say, I know nothing ^Fmaj7about ^Fhim

Now what's ^Amleft of the birthday ^Gcake is very beautifully ^Ffrosted An absent ^Amfather picks up the ^Gphone to find the number's un^Flisted And while the kids are dis^Gtracted ^DmThey don't notice she's ^Gnervous at ^Dmall But how long it will ^Ftake Not to make a mis^Gtake When a gentleman ^Asus4comes to ^Acall

^EmShe's out on her own with the ^Drest of her ^Ariches As the ^Emkids tear down their re^Dfrigerator ^Apictures They ^Dmalready know how a ^Emwoman may advance From a ^Fpretty picture hat to a ^Emsupermarket trance But ^Dmif he's unkind he ^Emmight as well forget her 'Cause ^Feverybody knows burnt ^Fsugar is so ^Dmbitter^E Burnt ^Dmsugar^E is so ^Dmbitter^E Burnt ^Dmsugar^E