No Pain
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A C Bb F
Across the town, on the other hill, your lights glow from a different world
A C Bb F C G A A#/A A
You always found, a place to hide, nails and cross to lay beside, with all the ghosts that we denied
A C Bb F
Now in rippled arcs, across the sky, great white birds of winter fly
A C Bb F D G E
When the wheel turns, people change, scattered ashes to the wind, scattered ashes to the wind
A E G C
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain, drying river in the blazing sun
A E G C
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain, drying river in the blazing sun
D A A#/A A
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain
A C Bb F
Your parched face, your calloused hands, behind us lie the arrid lands
A C Bb F
To say too much, it was not our way, and in the end there wasn't much to say
D G E
The scars are healed now anyway
A E G C
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain, drying river in the blazing sun
A E G C
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain, drying river in the blazing sun
D A A#/A A D e Bm
There's no pain, there's no pain, there's no pain, no pain, no pain
Cmaj7 A7 e Bm C A7 G A B C D B
E Bm Cmaj7 A
And Abraham rose and took his only son, Knife and tinder in his hand and set out
E Bm
Across the desert and up into the scrubland hills. He bound the boy Isaac to the stone
Cmaj7 A G A
Raised the blade and waited for the miracle, But the wind blows silent across the hills
B C D B E F/A
Silent, across the dead and empty hills, Dead, like the god that never came
F#/A G/A G#/A
Like your face, the day that you turned away.
A E G C
There's no pain, There's no pain, There's no pain, Drying river in the blazing sun
A E G C
There's no pain, There's no pain, There's no pain, Drying river in the blazing sun
D A A#/A A D e Bm
There's no pain, there's no pain, There's no pain, No pain, no pain
How to play No Pain
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.