Poison And Pain chords by Ryan Adams

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Riff 1
e|-------------|
B|--0h1-0-3----|
G|--0----------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-3-----------|


Riff 2
e|-----------|
B|------0----|
G|----0------|
D|---0-0-----|
A|-----------|
E|--3--------|

I recommend finger picking the chord throughout the verses and chorus, include the riffs when indicated

Intro:
G C (x4)

Verse 1:
G         C               G         C
Somewhere dark before the sun comes up
          C      C/B Am7            G
Where the blinds are closed and the doors are shut
    Em                            G
I reduce you to the rubble in the bottom of my cup
       D                               G
'Til I cannot tell the poison from the pain

Verse 2:
G          C                    G                 C
Somewhere, dawn, the stores are closed out by the beach
        C     C/B        Am7                   Riff 1
I could spray paint your name, no one would see
    Em                            G
I reduce you to the poison in the bottom of my cup
        D                               Riff 1
'Til it washes all my worries out to sea

Chorus:
       Em            D               G
And my demons, that got so bored of dreamin'
   Em      D           G
My demons, alcohol and freedom
  Em
A King without a Queen
                 D        G
A King without a kingdom

Verse 3:
G        C         G        C
I was so bad on my own
        C      C/B     Am7                  G
Drawing maps inside my soul to places where nobody goes
     Em                              G
Woke up confused, just staring at my telephone
        D                                 Riff 1
Waiting like I'd ever hear your voice again

Verse 4:
G           C     G        C
I feel that empty low
    C        C/B    Am7            G
Sometimes it is so jagged, I don't know what love is for
 Em                               G
Alone like I don't know how to survive and insane
       D                               G
'Til I cannot tell the poison from the pain

Verse 5:
G         C                   G        C
I used to think that you were me
   C       C/B    Am7               G
Pretending every sentence from your mouth was melody
  Em                                G
A tune so turbulent that it cracked open every key
     D                            Riff 2
'Til everything was broken that I played

Verse 6:
G           C         G        C
Your father stood and cried
       C        C/B     Am7             G
On the day your brother married someone that he could rely on
   Em                                G
No one could heal his heart, whoever made you cry
   D                              Riff 1
So I became the poison and the pain

Chorus:
       Em           D               G
And my demons, they got so bored of dreamin'
Em      D           G
Demons, alcohol and freedom
  Em
A King without a Queen
                 D        G
A King without a kingdom
  Em
A King without a Queen
                 D        G
A King without a kingdom

Outro:

G