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!
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