Let The Pain Remain
Basil Valdez

   Intro: G-D-C-Cm-G-D7sus-pause

    G           D/G
   Love comes, love goes
           C/G           [ch]Cm/G[/ch]         G
   But a sudden feeling never lets me be
      Em7     A7sus A7
   Somehow I know
            C                D7
   Quite a part of me isn't changed
           G
   Since you've been gone
           F
   Like a sturdy tree
                    E7     Am
   That's seen a thousand seasons
          Am7              D7
   I've shed my leaves in winter
       GM7               CM7
   To grow them back in spring
      Am7
   To welcome life again
      D7sus     D7
   To welcome you

   G         D/G
   So goes my life
           C/G 
   Still believe in dreams 
       [ch]Cm/G[/ch]        G
   Of having you around
   Em7      A7sus A7
   Too bad mem'ries
             C/D               D7
   Feed the mind and not the heart
            G
   Where I want you to be
         F              Esus
   So I ask myself what you have
   E     [ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]
   Left behind for me
       D7sus             D7
   To go on each day to live
           GM7         CM7
   As if I have you once again
         Am7
   What else is there that's real
             F              D7sus-D7
   But all the pain that I feel

            Chorus 1
               G      
   So let the pain remain
     F#m7-B7  Em7    (Em7-Bm7)
   Forever in my heart
  Dm7   G7   CM7  
   For ev'ry throb it brings
       B7            Em7           [ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]
   Is one more moment spent with you
               G/D-Dbdim7            Cm-Am7
   I let the pain,    bring on the rain
                 G/D  Dbdim7
   If that's the only way
                  Cm
   If there's no other way
      F     (pause) 
   To be with you again

   Adlib: G-D-C-Cm-G

   Em7      A7sus A7
   Too bad mem'ries
             C/D               D7
   Feed the mind and not the heart
            G
   Where I want you to be
         F              Esus
   So I ask myself what you have
   E     [ch]Cm/Eb[/ch]
   Left behind for me
       D7sus             D7
   To go on each day to live
           GM7         CM7
   As if I have you once again
         Am7
   What else is there that's real
             F              D7sus-D7
   But all the pain that I feel

   (Repeat Chorus 1 except last word)

               G- Eb7
        ... again

          Chorus 2
               Ab
   So let the pain remain
       GM7-C7   Fm7
   Forever in my heart
  Ebm7   Ab7    DbM7
   For ev'ry throb it brings
       C7               F#m7 Dbm
   Is one more moment spent with you
              Ab/Db-[ch]Ddim7[/ch]            Dbm-Ab/C
   I let the pain,    bring on the rain
                 Bbm7
   If that's the only way
                    ([ch]Ab/C[/ch])
   (If that's the only way)
                 Dbm
   If there's no other way
     Eb7       hold
   To be with you again

   (Repeat Chorus 2 except last word)

             Ebsus (pause)
           ... again

   Coda: Ab-Eb-Db-Dbm-Ab