Precious Pain Lyrics

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:57:26 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
Subject: /e/Melissa_Etheridge/Precious_Pain.tab
Precious Pain
>From Melissa Etheridge's first album. The basic picking pattern is:
G --------------*--.||for F&G G ------*-------*--.||for Am&C
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.
:
B -------3p1-----1-----1---3p1-----------3p1-----1------------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
eve-ry-body's got a hun----ger
n m where they are
eve-ry-body clings to their own fear
evrbdy hides some scar
oooooh pre - cious
G ------2-------2-------2------0h2------2-------2-------------------|
2nd time, bass ----3/5\3--
pain
D ------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--0h2------|
empty & cold but it keeps me a - live
I gave it my soul so tht I could survive
keeping me safe in these chains pre - cious
Guitar 2 B -10------8-----------------|
D ------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--2p0------|
pa - - - ain
everybody's got a reason
to abandon their plan
how can I think of tomorrow
B -------------1-1-------------1-1-------------1-1--(8h)10-----8----|
with my sorrow in hand
chorus2
- same picking as chorus 1
oooh precious
gtr.2
pain D---5---8--------8-----5----|
empty and cold but it keeps me alive
i gave it my soul so that i could survive
keeping me safe in these chains
precious pain
break
:
fade up with
F volume knob
G ---------------------------------------------/_|------------------|
pain
B 13p10---------------------------------10----------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------12----/----\---10-12sl-|
G 7-------------5--7-------------------------5-----7p5--7-----------|
Am ? /a /c
D -------7p5h7----------------------------------------10------------|
each..
:
each road that i walk down reminds me of you
Am(VII) $
this whole town is haunted, they'll never be anything new-----ooh
...pain
| F F | Am Am | 'ooh ohh', etc.
: (about the last 10 seconds)
D ------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--2p0------|
B ---------------3p1---1-----------1-------1p0-----1p0--------0--0---|
EADGBe
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.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk