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About Give Me Something to Kill the Pain chords
Guitar chords, tabs and chord shapes for Pentagram — Give Me Something to Kill the Pain are on this page. The track is in D, 112 BPM, 4:13 long, released on the album Akustik (2017).
Chords used: Em, D, A#, C, F, G, A
The song's original key is D. If it does not suit your voice, move the chords a semitone up or down with the transpose buttons and take them from D to any key you like; the shapes are redrawn for the new key.
The song uses 7 different chords and counts as moderate on guitar; 2 of them need a barre (A#, F).
Give Me Something to Kill the Pain ukulele chords
Ukulele shapes (G-C-E-A, fret string): Em 0402 · D 2220 · A# 3211 · C 0003 · F 2010 · G 0232 · A 2100. Hard shape: A#. Use the tuning selector on the page to switch the fretboard to ukulele. Easy songs to play on ukulele.
Repeated patterns: D (30 bars), Em (3 bars), C D – A# – C F (3 bars), D – D A# (2 bars), F (2 bars). Most frequent changes: D → A# (28×), A# → C (25×), C → D (20×), F → D (10×), C → F (10×).
The track runs 4:13. Entries: davul 0:06, bas 0:07, vokal 0:30.
Tablarda ne var: Ritim Gitar: frets 1–7, 334 notes per minute; Solo Gitar: frets 3–10, 20 notes per minute; Bas Gitar: frets 1–5, 179 notes per minute; Davul: 353 hits per minute (ride 710, bas davul 412, trampet 323).
Lyric mode: Practise Give Me Something to Kill the Pain in lyric mode with the original recording: the lyrics move word by word in sync with the chords above them; concert mode fills the screen so it can be read from a distance. If the key does not fit your voice, transpose it and loop any section.
Pentagram chords · Akustik album
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Other songs in D: For the One Unchanging Pentagram · Tigris Pentagram · Lions in a Cage Pentagram · Bu Alemi Gören Sensin Pentagram · Anatolia Pentagram · Bugün Şebnem Ferah
Lists: Easy chord songs · Songs without capo · Songs in D · Songs with Em · Songs with D · Songs with A#
How to play Give Me Something to Kill the Pain
Start with the chords. Give Me Something to Kill the Pain uses 7 different chords; D is held longest — about 52% of the song — so it is the one to make comfortable first. 2 of them need a barre (A#, F). If barres are new to you, read the barre guide.
Then the changes. The change that repeats most is D → A# (28 times), followed by A# → C (25 times). Drill that pair on its own before the song: the chords change roughly every 1.9 seconds (32 changes per minute), so each change needs to be ready in about a beat. See faster chord changes.
Strumming. At 112 BPM this is a medium song; a good starting pattern is D . D U . U D U (classic pop). Play along with the song and land your downstrokes on the kick drum. More in strumming patterns.
Practise with the page. Turn on lyric mode and loop the chorus; play the loop at a slower tempo until it is clean, then at full speed. The song is in D; if it sits wrong for your voice, use the transpose buttons — see transposing.
Where this page's content comes from
Source: the audio on this page is played through the YouTube player from youtube.com/watch?v=oHeywLgCtQQ. Chords, tabs, drum notation and the timing of the lyrics were derived from that recording by automated analysis and reviewed by hand. The recording and the video belong to their publisher and rights holders; nothing is hosted or downloadable here. Lyrics are shown for learning and sing-along only. Rights holders can request removal from the contact page.