Magnificent Sadness Chords
by The Growlers
Magnificent Sadness by The Growlers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, Em, D, C, Bm and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO Am G (2x)
verse 1
Am G
That ain’t a hole, it’s a furnace, in need of some matches
Am G
I can’t believe how long you lived with magnificent sadness
Am G
When so much pain’s in the heart it don’t seem real
Am G
Hard to believe that good can come out of something so evil
Em D Em C
Never too young to feel
Bm
Takes a while to heal
Em D G F#m
Never too young to feel
Bm
Trouble happens to the rich and the poor
G D
To the prude or the downright whore
Bm
No need to know what for
G D Em
Pain’s nothing less than inevitable
D
verse 2
Am
Once he realizes it’s his choice
G
And he could walk out, tell us of the boys
Am
And the normal house
G
He started hanging with the rebel crowd
Am
And he learned to walk proud
G
With the sun in his laughing mouth
Em D Em C
Never too young to feel
Bm
Takes a while to heal
Em D G F#m
Never too young to feel
Bm
Trouble happens to the rich and the poor
G D
To the prude or the downright whore
Bm
No need to know what for
G D Em
Pain’s nothing less than inevitable
D Em C Bm
The young or old don’t need to know what for
BREAK (up-tempo)
Em D \
D G Em / x2
Em D
He feels the courage build
G Em
Like the sunrise upon the hill
Em D
Showing hope and he can
G Em
Someday understand
OUTRO
Em D \
D G Em / x4
end on Em