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[Verse 1]
GPain pain go away
Please don’t come another day
Please don’t mDake me fight you off agaGin
GI can’t do it anymore
We’ve gone to battle, gone to war
I sDurrender to you pain, you wGin
[Chorus]
GNow my outCsides are jDust about as battered as my iBmnsides
GNo CI can’t hide the lAmines around these sad eDyes
GI tried to Ckeep it to Dmyself, my own dark little sBmecret
BuCt you had to make sure everybody Amsees it, sGo be itD  
[Verse 2]
GPain pain you have been
A most deCstructive, loyal frDiend
You never left my side not even Gonce
GI’m tired and skinny I look rough
When I tCry to sleep you keep me up
DI don’t think I’ve smiled in seven monGths
C     G     C   Am     D
[Chorus]
Now my ouCtsides are Djust about as battered as my Bminsides
GNo CI can’t hide the lAmines around these sad eDyes
GI tried to Ckeep it to Dmyself, my own dark little sBmecret
BuCt you had to make sure everybody Amsees it, sGo be itD  
[Verse 3]
GPain pain go away
You can vCisit but you cannot staDy
It’s shocking all the damage you have Gdone
GYou’ve ravaged ruts into my mind
And you’ve ageCd me like the cheapest wineD  
Now everybody knows that you have wGon
[Outro]
C  G  G  G  C  G

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Pain

by Chely Wright

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

Pain pain go away

Please don’t come another day

D G

Please don’t make me fight you off again

I can’t do it anymore

We’ve gone to battle, gone to war

D G

I surrender to you pain, you win

[Chorus]

G C D Bm

Now my outsides are just about as battered as my insides

G C Am D

No I can’t hide the lines around these sad eyes

G C D Bm

I tried to keep it to myself, my own dark little secret

C Am G D

But you had to make sure everybody sees it, so be it

[Verse 2]

Pain pain you have been

C D

A most destructive, loyal friend

You never left my side not even once

I’m tired and skinny I look rough

When I try to sleep you keep me up

D G

I don’t think I’ve smiled in seven months

C G C Am D

[Chorus]

C D Bm

Now my outsides are just about as battered as my insides

G C Am D

No I can’t hide the lines around these sad eyes

G C D Bm

I tried to keep it to myself, my own dark little secret

C Am G D

But you had to make sure everybody sees it, so be it

[Verse 3]

Pain pain go away

C D

You can visit but you cannot stay

It’s shocking all the damage you have done

You’ve ravaged ruts into my mind

C D

And you’ve aged me like the cheapest wine

Now everybody knows that you have won

[Outro]

C G G G C G

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