Hold On Pain Ends chords by The Color Morale

Chords with lyrics

The Color Morale - "Hold On Pain Ends" Chords
Tabbed by: Alex Starbard

Tuning: half step down (low to high) - Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

One of my students wanted to learn this song and I could not find chords anywhere, so I figured it out.
This is actually a 2 guitar part song, where the two guitars play separate parts. This version is arranged
for one guitar.

Chords used:
  E minor 7Em7  G+G  Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# Cmaj7Cmaj7  E minorEm  C majorC
Eb MajorEb|--3--|--3--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
Bb majorBb|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|--1--|
GbGb|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--5--|--0--|--0--|
DbDb|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--2--|--2--|
AbAb|--2--|--2--|--3--|-----|--3--|--2--|--3--|
Eb MajorEb|--0--|--3--|-----|--2--|-----|--0--|-----|

Intro:
|  E minor 7Em7  |  G+G  |  Cadd9Cadd9  |  G+G  | x2

E minor 7Em7          Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
   And sometimes,         the most beautiful
E minor 7Em7           Cadd9Cadd9  G+G               E minor 7Em7
pain in life is the kind    you can't disguise or hide.
E minor 7Em7           Cadd9Cadd9     G+G
And the hard truth about life.       If I'm not
E minor 7Em7
Allowed to give up on mine,
Cadd9Cadd9      G+G          Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
You are not allowed to not even try.

    E minor 7Em7     D/F#D/F#     Cadd9Cadd9
One day at a time,     you'll have to remake
  G+G          D/F#D/F#
The same decision as the one I made last night.

E minor 7Em7   G+G    Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
You and I have already started to die.
E minor 7Em7        G+G         Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
E minor 7Em7    G+G     Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
E minor 7Em7     G+G      Cadd9Cadd9        G+G
But for the record I?ve found the reason for mine.

E minor 7Em7         Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
   And sometimes,       we need to find a
E minor 7Em7                  Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
Reason for the pain in our own lives.       Oh, and
E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9         G+G
Mine was you and I promise this song is a place for the truth.
E minor 7Em7            Cadd9Cadd9      G+G       Cadd9Cadd9
 We can?t keep hiding and hurting. I know I?ve tried to.

  G+G    E minor 7Em7   D/F#D/F#        Cadd9Cadd9
One day at a time,     we just might have to remake
   G+G    D/F#D/F#
The decision every day for the rest of life.

E minor 7Em7   G+G    Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
You and I have already started to die.
E minor 7Em7       G+G         Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
E minor 7Em7    G+G    Cadd9Cadd9        G+G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
E minor 7Em7    G+G      Cadd9Cadd9       G+G        Cmaj7Cmaj7
But for the record I?ve finally found the reason for mine.

      E minorEm   D/F#D/F#     C majorC
And for the record,    I'm in California still writing one
E minorEm    D/F#D/F#    C majorC
Day at a time.      And for the record,
E minorEm      D/F#D/F#      C majorC
    I refuse to be ashamed of all my scars.
E minorEm      D/F#D/F#
You and I are both the same.

(switch to finger-picking)
 |    E minor 7Em7   |    G+G    |    C majorC    |    C majorC    |
Eb MajorEb|------------10--|-------------10--|-----------------|---------------|
Bb majorBb|------8--------8|-------8--------8|-------1-----0---|------1-----0--|
GbGb|--0-----0-------|--0------0-------|---0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0|
DbDb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
AbAb|7---7-----7-----|10--10-----10----|-3---3-----3-----|3---3-----3----|
Eb MajorEb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|

(continue finger-picking in the same pattern)
E minor 7Em7      G+G       C majorC
   We've already cheated death so many times.
(electric guitars kick in, palm muted versions of the same chords)
E minor 7Em7        G+G      C majorC        G+G
    If we?re going to die, why not cheat it again tonight?

E minorEm   G+G    Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
You and I have already started to die.
E minorEm        G+G         Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
E minorEm     G+G     Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
E minorEm     G+G      Cadd9Cadd9        G+G
But for the record I?ve found the reason for mine.

|  E minorEm  |  G+G  |  Cadd9Cadd9  |  G+G  | x2

Solo (with slide):
Eb MajorEb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Bb majorBb|8/|-17-------17\|-15-----------15\|-13-----------13\|-12---(12\)--8/|
GbGb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
DbDb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
AbAb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb MajorEb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|

Eb MajorEb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Bb majorBb|-17----------17\|-15-----------15\|-13-----------13\|-12---(12\)----|
GbGb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
DbDb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
AbAb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|

Eb MajorEb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitars repeat the same 4 chords two more times behind solo, end on E minorEm

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