Precious Pain

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:57:26 +0000
From: Nic.B*
Subject: /e/Melissa_Etheridge/*

   1       2                      1       2
and from the halfway through the first verse on, pretty much the whole
song follows this pattern. The intro and first line use a different
picking pattern (which is more difficult to follow AND keep time AND sing
to), so I suggest getting used to the core pattern before trying the
intro/1st verse.
[intro]:

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   eve-ry-body's got       a      hun----ger

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
              n m where   they     are

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   eve-ry-body  clings    to their own   fear

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
           evrbdy hides   some    scar

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   pain                      [2nd time, bass E----3/5\3--]

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
I  gave   it  my  soul        so tht I     could   survive

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   everybody's    got a          reason

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   to            abandon  their  plan

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
   how can I     think of       tomorrow

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
          with my sorrow       in hand
[chorus2]- same picking as chorus 1
        F                       /f  /g
        oooh           precious

        pain         [gtr.2] D---5---8--------8-----5----|
        F
        empty and cold but it keeps me alive
          G
        i gave it my soul so that i could survive
        F                                G
        keeping me safe in these chains
                 F
        precious pain
[break] :
                                           fade up with
   F                                        volume knob

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
  pain

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
                                                               each..
[bridge]:

  each road that i walk down   reminds me of you

this whole town is haunted, they'll never be anything new-----ooh

chorus

  | F  F | Am  Am |
...pain
| F  F | Am Am |
| F  F | Am Am |   'ooh ohh', etc.
| F  F | Am Am |
[outro]: (about the last 10 seconds)

chorus

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4

chorus

   1       2       3       4       1       2       3       4
EADGBe
x02210 - Am
3x2010 - Am/g
x32010 - C
x20010 - C/b
133211 - F
355433 - G
x57765 - Dm
x79967 - Em
x 12 14 14 13 12 - Am(VII)
* is the bass line
/ is bend up
\ is release bend
  /    \
12-(14)-12 is pick d at the twelfth fret, bend up to e and rls bend to a
sl is slide
$- I think that the bridge goes UP from Dm->Em->Am, but Am at the 12th
fret sounds a bit weak, also the band/bass has come in a lot by this
point, so you could easily get away with a standard Am (at the nut).
Any improvements welcome.
Nic
Nic.B*