With Pitiless Blows Chords
With Pitiless Blows by A Life Once Lost is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse Riff (played during lead guitar whammy bend as well as the verse)
E ------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -----4---4------4---4------4-5------4---4------4---4------4-5---4-|
D 0--1---1---0--1---1---0--1-----0--1---1---0--1---1---0--1-----0---|
played a bunch of times into...
Bridge A
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------------------|
A -1--0--0--0-0--0-0--1-0--0-0------0--0--0-0-0--0-0------000--0-0-|
D -2--0--0--0-0--0-0--2-0--0-0-1-0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-1-0--000--0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .
that's played twice until the...
Chorus
E ----------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------|
D ----------------3-------------------------3b--|
A -2-2---1---1--2---4-1b--2-2---1---1--1--2-----|
D -4-4-0-4-0-4------------4-4-0-4-0-4-----------|
. . . .
Repeated two times, repeat the previous sections and after that...
Bridge B
E ------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------|
A -4--3---4------4------5------4------5-0-0-0-0-0-|
D ----------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0---0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . .
Repeat two more times but without the "4--3" part.
Breakdown(!)
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D --000----000---000-000---000--000-000---000---000---000-000--000-000-|
A --000----000---000-000---000--000-000---000---000---000-000--000-000-|
D --000----000---000-000---000--000-000---000---000---000-000--000-000-|