In the "Back Here On Earth" songbook on page 54 it shows "Bitter Green" in the drop "D" tuning with the capo on the second fret. The key would now be "E" and the song would be played in the "D" chord position. I use a "Shubb" capo on the second fret and cover all strings with the exception of the low "E" string. If I'm having a good voice day and the vocal chords are open wide I'll move it up to the the key of "F." In that case the Shubb will now be on the third fret and a second capo will be required to cover the low "E" string on the first fret. Kenyon (talented Lightfoot fan who comes to the Massey concerts) showed me how to play the intro the way Gord does it on the recording so from there I just carry it on in the "Travis" style with as much of the "drop D drone" as I can get. If you can make it to the next Massey gig there will be many things that can se shared on the guitar with the talented group that usually comes to those gigs. It's a beautiful song and one time when I was playing it a lady came up to me and said she was a friend of Gord's late ex wife Brita and that he wrote that song for her. Ron Jones.
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