Linkin Park – Stained Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Linkin Park – Stained Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsBD#mC#F#G#m

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[Intro]
B D#m B D#m
            Oh-oh,
 oh-oh
B D#m B D#m
Oh-oh, oh-oh

Yeah

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[Verse 1]
B
Hand on my mouth,
    D#m
I shouldn't have
said it (Oh)
B
Gave you a chance,
   D#m
already regret it (Oh)
B
Tryin' so hard
       D#m
to be sympathetic
         B
But I know where
it's gonna go
D#m
if I let it (Oh-oh,
 oh-oh) and I let it


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[Pre-Chorus]
Knowin' you're
   B
 hidin'
 what
             D#m
 no one else sees
Close-lipped smile
because there's
blood on
your teeth
(Oh-oh, oh-oh)
           B
What you forget,
you are gonna
  D#m
repeat
You don't get to
 make
amends like your
 hand's
 still clean


[Chorus]
Because you're
    B    D#m
stained
     C#
You try to hide
the mark,
but it won't
  B  D#m
fade
     C#
You lie and lie
like I was nothin'
B
Pretend you're
  F#
spotless, but
    C#
I don't wash
 D#m
away
     C#
And now you're
 B F# C#
sta - ined
     C#
And now you're
 B F# C#
sta - ined


[Verse 2]
          B
(Sweat—) Sweat in
 your hands while
      D#m
the time starts
 tickin'
(Sweat in your
hands while
the time starts
tickin')
          B
Trippin' on words,
 alibi starts
     D#m
slippin'
(Trippin' on
words,
alibi starts
 slippin')
         B
Wanna wake from
the nightmare
          D#m
you've been livin'
(Wanna wake from
 the
nightmare you've
been livin')
          B
But we both know
forgotten
doesn't mean
 D#m
forgiven
(Doesn't mean
forgiven),
forgiven

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[Pre-Chorus]
Knowin' you're
 B
hidin'
what no one
      D#m
else sees
               B
Close-lipped smile
because
there's blood on
       D#m
your teeth (Oh-oh,
 oh-oh)
          B
What you forget,
 you
             D#m
are gonna repeat
You don't get to
make
  B
amends like your
              D#m
hand's still clean


[Chorus]
Because you're
    B    D#m
stained
     C#
You try to hide
the mark,
but it won't
  B  D#m
fade
     C#
You lie and lie
like
 I was nothin'
B
Pretend you're
  F#
spotless, but
    C#        D#m
I don't wash away
     C#
And now you're
 B F# C#
sta - ined


[Bridge:]
       G#m
And someday
knowin'
         B
you're hidin'
 what no one
else sees
       D#m
And someday
 close-lipped
   C#
smile because
there's blood on
your teeth
       G#m
And someday
what you
   B
forget you are
 gonna repeat
             D#m
Try to make amends
like your hand's
still clean
        C#
But we both know
that your hand's
 not clean

[Outro]
        B   D#m
And someday
      C#
Your hands will
 be too
red to hide
       B  D#m
the blame
      C#
You'll realize
 you had it
coming
   B
Pretend you're
    F#
spotless,
    C#
but I don't
        D#m
 wash away
     C#
And now you're
  B F# C#
sta - ined
     C#
And now you're
  B F# C#
sta - ined
     C#
And now you're
   B F# C#
sta - ined

Watch: Stained (Official Audio Visualizer) - Linkin Park

From Linkin Park on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Stained: key, chords and progression

Stained by Linkin Park is written in E♭ minor (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯) and moves through 5 chords: B, D#m, C#, F# and G#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C# – B – F# – C# (VII – VI – III – VII in E♭ minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Bm, A, D, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
D#m chord on guitar (x68876)
D♯mD♯ F♯ A♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯

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Stained chords: questions

What key is Stained in?

Stained by Linkin Park is in the key of E♭ minor (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯).

What chords are in Stained?

Stained uses 5 chords: B, D#m, C#, F#, G#m.

What is the chord progression of Stained?

The main progression is C# – B – F# – C# (VII – VI – III – VII).

Is Stained easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Bm, A, D, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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