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Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 04:16:36 -0700

From: George Avila <gavila@whc.net>

Subject: Tab: Pain by Catherine Wheel

Date: March, 1996

Song: Pain

Transcribed by: gavila@whc.net -- Jorge Avila

Artist: Catherine Wheel

Album: Chrome

Tab and Chords [pro]

Intro:[G# m] [E] [B] [E] [G# m]do, do, do, do, [E] due, due, due, duee [B]

[E# w/ feedback D Sharp octave up thruout till distortion starts...]

(clean guitar for six measures,

distortion w/ whole band starting in seventh measure for six more measures)

[Em]Before the summer fell...*[G]... I[D] already knew*

[Em]She said I was more than dead[G]

[D]I already knew

Chorus w/ Distortion:

[G]Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]I just can't take this [C]anymore

[G]Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]a knife behind the eyes, [C]a vicious size

[Em]Again [C]...

[Em]I miss my best friend,*[G] a [D]growing fear*

[Em]A lot to sacrifice[G]*

[D]Or draw to an end* [Em] [C] G D

[G]Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]I just can't take this [C]anymore

Ah [G]Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]a knife behind the eyes, [C]a vicious size

[Em]Again[C], [Em]again[C], [Em]again, again, ag[C]ain

SOLO

[Em] [C]

[Em] [C] [G] [C]

[G# m] [E] [B] [E]

[G# m]do, do, do, do, [E] due, due, due, duee [B] [E] x6 clean

[E] BEFORE THE DISTORTION W/ DIST. AND BEND SLIGHTLY

same progression x5 w/distortion

[G]Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]I just can't take this [C]anymore

[G]Ah Pain, [D]here it comes [C]again

[G]Pain, [D]a knife behind the eyes, [C]a vicious, vicious, vicious

[G]paaaii[D]innnnn[C]

Pain, here it comes

*For the [G] slide the string on the 2nd string(B) from 3rd fret to 5th

fret and back [2nd Fret 3 5 3]; Same thing goes for the [D] except on the

3rd string(D) on frets 4 and 5 **When you play the [D] - Hammer on/pull

off as required with your little finger on the third fret of the top of

the E string.

Tab:

[Em] [G] [D] Chords played by guitar I

*       ------------------------------------------|

---3/5\3----------------------------------| Tab played by guitar II

        ------------------4/5\4-------------------|
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        ------------------------------------------|
        ------------------------------------------|

Guitar I [D]

**      -2-3-2-3-2-3-2-0--------------------------| Chords for guitar I on [D]
        -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
        -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------|
        -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
        ------------------------------------------|
        ------------------------------------------|

Comments, suggestions, corrections, flames...

Email me at gavila@whc.net

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