The Pains of Being Pure at Heart es un grupo estadounidense (sus miembros son de Nueva York) de música pop. Su sonido es deudor de varios subestilos de la música pop independiente que tuvieron su origen en la época que va de mediados de los ochenta hasta principios de los 90 (shoegazing, dream pop, noise pop, twee pop, etc). Según ellos mismos reconocen, entre sus influencias se cuentan grupos como The Pastels, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Teenage Fanclub o Ride. También se les ha comparado con las bandas de la C86.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
i picked up this record a couple of days ago and fell in love with this song immediately. adorable
note that the last C in each verse is actually the first C of the chorus
in the intro, you should vary the Dsus4 by making that f# a g (i.e. make string 4 fret 4 a 5)
------------------- chords:
E A D G B E ----------- G6 3 2 0 0 x x Dsus4 x 5 4 0 0 x Cmaj7 x 3 2 0 0 x C x 3 2 0 1 0 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 Am x 0 2 2 1 0
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intro: G6Dsus4G6Dsus4
verse 1: -------- G6Dsus4 i want to know what happened to you G6Dsus4Cmaj7 i liked you better in your art smock, mocking art rock Dsus4 without intention, without design Cmaj7Dsus4G6 you said you’d never be fine with being fine, or mine G6Dsus4 so we went out to see your favorite band, G6Dsus4Cmaj7Dsus4 left when we saw they were bone and skin and seventy-seven Cmaj7Dsus4 and i wanted to be something like you C and nothing like them
chorus: ------- C what you wanted i never knew G i was a mess but so were you C i should have guessed it was going to fall GDC to pieces in my hands again GDC i’m broken where i stand again Am i never learn this lesson right, C but i want you here
interlude: G6Dsus4G6Dsus4 (as intro)
verse 2: -------- G6Dsus4 you learned to mingle with a well-bred crowd, G6Dsus4 straightened your hair and forgot all about Cmaj7Dsus4 torn jeans and sweaters from the lost and found, Cmaj7Dsus4C dropped some pounds and the people that you used to hang around
chorus: ------- C what you wanted i never knew G i was a mess but you turned so cruel C i should have guessed it was going to fall GDC to pieces in my hands again GDC i’m broken where i stand again Am i never learn this lesson right C When i spent the night it just felt wrong, Am like a Felt song, i’m off the throne C and i need you now, and you’re not around GDC fall to pieces in my hands again GDC i’m broken where i stand again Am i never learn this lesson right C but i want you here