Artist: Staind
Song: Painful
Album: Tormented

p.m=palm mute
a.h=artificial harmonic
h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
=slide down

Tuning: (low to high) Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

INTRO:

Eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------|
Db|-0-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
Ab|-0-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
Db|-0-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
p.m  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

VERSE:
             
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------|
Db|-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-0--|
Ab|-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-0--|
Db|-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-0--|
p.m                     . . . . . . . . . .  

CHORUS:

Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-5---------7-5------------7-5-------------------------7-5-----------------|
Db|-7-5--3-5-3--7-5--3-5-3-3-3-7-5-3-5-3-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-7-5-3-5-3-3-3-3-3---|
Ab|-5-3--3-5-3--5-3--3-5-3-3-3-5-3-3-5-3-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-5-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3---|
Db|------3-5-3-------3-5-3-3-3-----3-5-3-0-3-4-3-0-3-5-3-0-----3-5-3-3-3-3-3---|
p.m                                      . . . . . . . . .

SOLO:

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--5b-5b-5b-------------------------------------5b-5b-5b-----|
Gb|--5b-5b-5b--5-7-5---5--------------------------5b-5b-5b-----|
Db|------------------7---7-5---5-7-5---5-----------------------|
Ab|--------------------------7-------7---7-5-0-----------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------|
a.h            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----6-5---5-5-----8-8-----5-5--------14b-14b-14b-----|
Gb|---7-----7-----7-7-----7-7-----7------14b-14b-14b-----|
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------|
p.m   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eb|-----15p13p12h13p12-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---x---------------15p14p12h15p12-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-x-------------------------------14p13p12-14p13p12--12------------------12------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------14--14p13p12--12h13h14--------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------14----------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------13-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-14brp12--------12--12b..12r-12~------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------14-12h14---------------15~--15-12h14-15~-15-14brp12-14-12----12~--12-12-|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------15----------15|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-22-22-22-22-22-22-22------------------20-20-20-20-20-20------------------------|
Bb|----------------------20-20-20-20-20-20------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----------------------15151515151515-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------131313-15-15-15-15p14p12|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14p13p12-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb|-15s17---------------------19--21b-17-15-17-15--------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------18-15-17br-18p17p15--15--15-17b~-|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------17--17-17b~-|
Db|--------14p13p12--12h13h14----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------14------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|