Numb Chords
Numb by Pet Shop Boys is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Cm B A x 2
Cm B
Don't wanna hear the news
Cm
What's going on
B
What's coming through
A
I don't wanna know
Don't wanna know
Cm B
Just wanna hide away
Cm
Make my escape
B
I want the world
A
To leave me alone
Cm
Feels like I feel too much
B
I've seen too much
A
For a little while
I want to forget
Cm
I wanna be numb
I don't wanna feel this pain no more
B
Wanna lose touch
I just wanna go and lock the door
A
I don't wanna think
I don't wanna feel nothing
Cm
I wanna be numb
B
I just wanna be
A
Wanna be numb
B
Can't find no space to breathe
Cm
World's closing in
B
Right on me now
A
Well that's how it feels
That's how it feels
Cm
Too much light
B
There's too much sound
Cm
Wanna turn it off
B
Wanna shut it out
A
I need some relief
Cm
Think that like I think too much
B
I've seen too much
A
There is just too much
Thought in my head
Cm
I wanna be numb
I don't wanna feel this pain no more
B
Wanna lose touch
I just wanna go and lock the door
A
I don't wanna think
I don't wanna feel nothing
Cm
I wanna be numb
B
I just wanna be
Wanna be
A B Cm
Take away from all the madness
A
Need to escape
B
Escape from the pain
A
I'm out on the edge
B
About to lose my mind
A
For a little while
For a little while
Cm
I wanna be numb
B Cm A
A
I don't wanna think
{Stop}
I don't wanna feel nothing
Cm
I wanna be numb
I don't wanna feel this pain no more
B
Wanna lose touch
I just wanna go and lock the door
A
I don't wanna think
I don't wanna feel nothing
Cm
I wanna be numb
B
I just wanna be
A
Wanna be numb
B Cm
Wanna be numb
Outro: Alternate between: B Cm
End on Cm