Noah Kahan – Pain Is Cold Water Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Noah Kahan – Pain Is Cold Water Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAEC#m7Asus2E/G#C#mB5G#/CB6

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These are Pain Is Cold Water Chords by Noah Kahan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
A      E
C#m7   Asus2


[Verse 1]
        A
I'm the tall glass of
water
 you lost in your kitchen
    E
I'm casually cruel like
a senior prediction
     C#m7
Most likely to leave at
the sign of a fork
       Asus2
in the road
           A
You looked just like
your
 father as the news
was delivered
      E
Cut a hole in my
heart
 that bled into
my liver
       C#m7
I miss bein' alone
 when it
didn't mean
       Asus2
bein' alone

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[Verse 2]
       A
And if love was
contagious,
I might be immune
 to it
E
Pain's like cold
 water,
 your
 brain just gets
used
to it
  C#m7
I try to keep
swimmin'
and keep
dad's good word in
   Asus2
my mouth
But they're
A
fightin' like
 dogs
in thе town 'cross
the
river
       E
Over a brand new
crosswalk
that
 won't matter come
 winter
       C#m7
Oh sometimes folks
just need
something to be angry
      Asus2
about
                A
What you angry about?

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[Chorus 1]
        E
I ain't bitter 'bout
           E/G#
much these days
In some ways, I'm damn
A                E
lucky to be here
              E
Where all the miners
 stayed
        E/G#
in them good old days
          A
Yes, real men used to
            E
 sleep here
          C#m
All those roadside
 graves
         B5
where my friends
still lay
       A
I walk by just to
          E
weep here
         C#m
They say killin'
time
       G#/C
ain't a homicide
      A
But a prayer for a
leap year
A  E
A  E

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[Verse 3]
        A
I'm the roach in
your drawer,
I lived here long
 before you
        E
I'm the rumble of
 war,
 it gets hard to
ignore you
     C#m7
Well love, sometimes
 folks
just need something
they can scream at
Asus2
Scream at
        A
I'm the hills in the
distance, you see me,
can't be me
    E
You need me in half,
Lord, I need you
completely
   C#m7
Oh sometimes folks
just need something
                   A
they can scream at


[Chorus 2]
        E
I ain't bitter 'bout
           E/G#
much these days
In some ways, I'm damn
A                E
lucky to be here
              E
Where all the miners
 stayed in
      E/G#
 them good old days
          A
Yes, real men
used to
           E
sleep here
          C#m
All those roadside
graves
         B5
where my friends
still lay
       A
I walk by just to
          E
weep here
         C#m
They say killin' time
       G#/C
ain't a homicide
      A
But a prayer for a
 leap year
        C#m7
They say killin' time
        G#/C
ain't a homicide
       A
But a prayer for a
 leap year


[Instrument]
A  E
A  E  C#m7  Asus2
[Outro]
       E
I'm on any ground,
       A
I'm in Bordertown
      C#m
I'm a college
kid with
   A
my windows down
       A
I'm an astronaut,
           B5
you're the moon
           C#m7
I stare at you, I
        Asus2
sing to you
       E
I'm in Bordertown,
       A
I'm on any ground
      C#m
I'm a college kid
 with
   B6
my windows down
       A
I'm an astronaut,
           B6
you're the moon
          C#m7
I sing to you, I
          Asus2
scream at you
              C#m7
I'll stare at you,
I'll
         Asus2
sting at you

Watch: Noah Kahan - Pain Is Cold Water (Live From Fenway Park) (Official Lyric Video)

From NoahKahanVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Pain Is Cold Water: key, chords and progression

Pain Is Cold Water by Noah Kahan is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 9 chords: A, E, C#m7, Asus2, E/G#, C#m, B5, G#/C and B6.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – C#m7 – Asus2 (IV – I – vi7 – IVsus2 in E major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – fah. 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 F, C, Am7, Fsus2, Am, G5, E, G6 (63% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
C#m7 chord on guitar (x46454)
C♯m7C♯ E G♯ B
Asus2 chord on guitar (x02200)
Asus2A B E
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
B5 chord on guitar (x244xx)
B5B F♯
G# chord on guitar (466544)
G♯G♯ B♯ D♯
B6 chord on guitar (x24444)
B6B D♯ F♯ G♯

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Pain Is Cold Water chords: questions

What key is Pain Is Cold Water in?

Pain Is Cold Water by Noah Kahan is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Pain Is Cold Water?

Pain Is Cold Water uses 9 chords: A, E, C#m7, Asus2, E/G#, C#m, B5, G#/C, B6.

What is the chord progression of Pain Is Cold Water?

The main progression is A – E – C#m7 – Asus2 (IV – I – vi7 – IVsus2).

Is Pain Is Cold Water easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes F, C, Am7, Fsus2, Am, G5, E, G6 (63% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo).

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