Capo on the fifth fret Intro (x means the string is muted): ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- -----0-2--------------0-2--------------0-2----------0-0------ -2-2--------------2-2--------------2-2-------------------2--- ---------x-x-x-x----------x-x-x-x----------x-x-x-x----------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- -----0-0--------------0-0--------------0-0----------0-0------ -----0-2--------------0-2--------------0-2----------0-0------ -2-2--------------2-2--------------2-2-------------------2--- -0-0-----x-x-x-x--0-0-----x-x-x-x--0-0-----x-x-x-x-------0--- How to play this song is very hard to explain, so you'll mostly have to listen to the recording to figure out when you play what. I'll put an (*) next to the Em-chord when you're supposed to play the intro riff. Where I don't put an (*), just strum the Em chord. But listen to the recording while you read the tab and play along and you'll figure it out. Em* Em* Em* Em* World of pain, I try in vain to stand amidst the smoke and the stain Em* Em* A Em G Em The brittle years of all the tears, all this crying out that nobody hears Em* Em* Em* All of these hungry women, all of these hungry men, all of these angry children Em* What do you do with them? Em* Em* A Em G Em World of pain, world of pain, all this lying, lying in the world of pain --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- -2-2--2-0------------------ ----------2-0------0------- ---------------3-3-----3-0- Asus2 E It . . . . . . . . . . . . baby, woah-woah, woah --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- -2-2--2-0------------------ ----------2-0------0------- ---------------3-3-----3-0- Asus2 E It . . . . . . . . . . . . yeah, woah-woah You're over there, in your chair, no touching allowed, so I only stare But I do not believe, oh, I am not deceived, Yes, I'll be breathing again, through the sound of the pain All of these hungry feelings, all of these angry feelings You see are set in motion, falls into angry oceans World of pain, oh, world of pain, oh, lying, lying in the world of pain Saying it don't feel like the truth when we're together, baby It don't feel like the truth when we're together, yeah Em Em Son of a bitch has stole my boat,locked the chain around my throat Em Em Threw the ball out in the moat, waved goodbye and hope it floats A Em Do I scream a little louder, do I scream a little louder Em* Should I scream a little louder, baby? Yeah Em Em Day was quiet as the night, now it's deadly everyday Em Em Why must I stay out of sight, why must I feel and never say A Em Do I scream a little louder, should I scream a little louder Em* Do I scream a little louder baby? Yeah Sit on the shore, waiting for someday, sit in the cold, waiting for one day I do not believe, I do not believe, lying, lying in the world of pain World of pain, oh, world of pain, lying, lying in the world of pain, saying It don't feel like the truth when we're together, baby It don't feel like the truth when we're together, yeah It don't feel like the truth when we're together, baby It don't feel like the truth when we're together, yeah