His Pleasure Is My Pain chords by Jewel

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Intro:

D


Verse 1:
D
  A man stands in the doorway like a small child, angry fists
She lies in her bed, her head buried in her pillow, she stares at the moon
He speaks to her, all the words she's heard too many times before
And pretty soon she just lets his voice fade away
              D
And she thinks this was a gradual steel frost that started with cold feet
    D
And ended with numb hearts
            D
It was once satisfying sex, but now no longer is
D

  It was once filled with all the possibilities of new China or old stone
But now it's exaggerated and water-logged
                     D
No longer what these hands had intended and still I cry in my sleep


Chorus:
D
  He always said I was too sensitive
          D                       Cadd9
But I say, least I never meant to make him cry
Em                                D
   Least I never meant to make him hurt that way
      D                       Cadd9
No, I never meant to make him cry
Em                          D
   I never meant to make him hurt that way
Bm                Am7
   Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive but
Bm                        Am7
   He takes pleasure in my pain
Bm                Am7
   Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive but
Bm                       Am7
   He takes pleasure in my pain


Verse 2:
Gm                                F#m
   And the unheard hours they fly by, she goes to the window
Gm                                     F#m
   She puts on a nightgown and brushes her hair
Gm                            F#m
   He's already asleep by the time she goes to lay back down
    Gm                           F#m
She thinks, "My God, what am I doing here "



Verse 3:
D
  My bones have grown tired of his hunger, of his gray eyes
And I feel that if I were to stay one more night here I'd die
Or explode, or worse yet, just fade away
And there've been days so dark when I felt like August
And that I soon too would have to turn to Fall


Chorus:
                         D
He always said I was too sensitive
If I dared to care so much, the world could kill me that way
I wonder if he's only half alive or if he simply has always lacked such subtlety
             D                              Cadd9
'Cause I say, at least I ever meant to make him cry
Em                                D
   At least I never meant to make him hurt this way
      D                       Cadd9
No, I never meant to make him cry
Em                          D
   I never meant to make him hurt this way
Bm                Am7
   Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive but
Bm                       A7sus4
   He takes pleasure in my pain
Bm                Am7
   Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive but
Bm                       A7sus4
   He takes pleasure in my pain


Verse 4:
Gm                                      F#m
   She gets out of bed and looks at her feet as though they were the wings for her freedom
Gm                             F#m
   She gets up and goes to the drawer
Gm
    It's a moment in which anything could happen
       F#m
As she gets out some clothing and puts them in a bag
               Gm                               F#m
And leaves him sleeping while she heads for the door


Outro:
Gm   F#m
   Gone
Gm   F#m  Gm  F#m  Gm  F#m
   Gone