Used To The Pain Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Used To The Pain in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

1
Chords: F – Am – G – F
How it goes
Used To The Pain sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIVAmviGVFIV
- FF · A · C
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
35 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
How it goes
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Groovy chords
How it goes
Chords jump around the “ands” for a funky, dancing feel. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Groovy chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 140 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
5
Ending: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Used To The Pain?

The loop is F – Am – G – F (IV – vi – V – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Used To The Pain in?

C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Used To The Pain?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Used To The Pain easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.