The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were an indie pop band which formed in 2007 in New York City, New York, USA. The band consisted of Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), who currently performs live with Christoph (guitar) and Anton (drums) Hochheim (formerly of The Depreciation Guild, currently of Ablebody), Jacob Sloan (bass) (Dream Diary), Jessica Weiss (vocals) (Fear of Men), and Jen Goma (vocals) (A Sunny Day in Glasgow/Roman a Clef).
Past members included Peggy Wang (vocals, keyboards), Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums, programming).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
adslam did a great job tabbing this song out, but i wanted to contribute a chord chart so that everyone can sing along when they want to play this awesome song
[chords]
E A D G B e ----------- E5 0 7 9 9 x x A5 5 7 7 x x x E/G# 4 7 6 x x x B5 7 9 9 x x x F#5 2 4 4 x x x
[Intro]
E5
[Verse]
E5 take a look around when you're going down A5 'cuz you'll never feel so high E/G#B5 as when you hid in her arms in the sky and the world slept E5 and there's no use to say just how much it kills A5 when it still kills all the same E/G#B5 every thought of her name like a hand to an open flame
[Chorus]
A5E5 she was the 'heart' in your heartbreak B5F#5 she was the 'miss' in your mistake A5E5 and no matter what you take B5 you're never going to forget A5E5 she was the tear in a rainstorm B5F#5 she was the promise that you would've sworn A5E5 and no matter what you say B5 it's never gonna come back
[Verse]
E5 an ambulance goes by, and you wonder why A5 it never stops when you want it to E/G#B5 it never stops when you need it to take you away E5 and your friends don't understand that the world could end, A5 and it would feel no worse than this E/G# every thought of the look in her eye B5 like a cold california sky
[Chorus]
A5E5 she was the 'heart' in your heartbreak B5F#5 she was the 'miss' in your mistake A5E5 and no matter what you take B5 you're never going to forget A5E5 she was the tear in a rainstorm B5F#5 she was the promise that you would've sworn A5E5 and no matter what you say B5 it's never gonna come back
A5E5 and no matter what you pray B5 it's never gonna take the pain away A5E5B5 and even if she'd stay you know it's wrong A5E5 and no matter what you pray B5 it's never gonna take the pain away A5E5B5 'cuz even if she'd stay, you know she's gone
[chorus]
A5E5 she was the 'heart' in your heartbreak B5F#5 she was the 'miss' in your mistake A5E5 and no matter what you take B5 you're never going to forget A5E5 she was the tear in a rainstorm B5F#5 she was the promise that you would've sworn A5E5 and no matter what you say B5 it's never gonna come back