Precious Pain Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

Precious Pain by Melissa Etheridge is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C Am  

C                       Am  
Everybody's got a hunger  

No matter where they are  
C                                 Am  
Everybody clings to their own fear  

Everybody hides some scar  

F  
Oooooooo  
         Am  
precious pain  
F                               Am  
Empty and cold but it keeps me alive  
  F                       Am           
I gave it my soul so that I could survive  
F                        G  
Keeping me safe in these chains  
F        Am F  
Precious pain  

C                       Am  
Everybody's got a reason  

To abandon their plan  
C                           Am  
How can I think of tomorrow  

With my sorrow in hand?  

F  
Oooooooo  
         Am  
precious pain  
F                               Am  
Empty and cold but it keeps me alive  
  F                       Am           
I gave it my soul so that I could survive  
F                        G  
Keeping me safe in these chains  
F        Am F  
Precious pain  

Break F Am . .  

     Dm  
Each road that I walk down  
  Em  
Reminds me of you  
     F  
This whole town is haunted  
         Am       F        G  
There'll never be anything new  

G  
Oooooooo  
F        Am  
precious pain  
F                               Am  
Empty and cold but it keeps me alive  
  F                       Am           
I gave it my soul so that I could survive  
F                        G  
Keeping me safe in these chains  
F        Am F  
Precious pain  

G     Am  
Oooooooo . . .  


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100 BPM Andante