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WORLD OF PAIN
As recorded by Cream
(From the 1967 Album DISRAELI GEARS)
Words and Music by Gail Collins & Felix Pappalardi
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Clean Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Clean Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
1st - 3rd Verses
Q=106
$
F A Dm Dm/C G
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E
||--1--1--1--1---|-0--0--0--0---|-1--1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3----|
||o-1--1--1--1---|-2--2--2--2---|-3--3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----|
||--2--2--2--2---|-2--2--2--2---|-2--2---2---2---|-4---4---4---4----|
||--3--3--3--3---|-2--2--2--2---|-0--0-----------|-5---5---5---5----|
||o-3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0---|--------3---3---|-5---5---5---5----|
||--1--1--1--1---|--------------|----------------|-3---3---3---3----|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr. w/ wah)
| W W H E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------1-------|-----3---1-1-1-1--|
||o--------------|--------------|----------1-----|---3---3-1-1-1-1--|
||---------------|--------------|--------------2-|-4-------2-2-2-2--|
||---------------|--------------|------------3---|------------------|
||o--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
||---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
FQ Q Q E E AQ Q Q E E DmQ E E Dm/CQ E E GQ Q Q E E
|-1--1--1--1---|-0--0--0--0---|-1--1---1--1---|-3---3---3---3----|
|-1--1--1--1---|-2--2--2--2---|-3--3---3--3---|-3---3---3---3----|
|-2--2--2--2---|-2--2--2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|-4---4---4---4----|
|-3--3--3--3---|-2--2--2--2---|-0--0----------|-5---5---5---5----|
|-3--3--3--3---|-0--0--0--0---|--------3--3---|-5---5---5---5----|
|-1--1--1--1---|--------------|---------------|-3---3---3---3----|
|
| W W W E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-3----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---3---------3----|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----4-----4------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------5-5--------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
Bridge
BQ Q Q Q Q Q Q E E DQ E E C#Q E E F#mQ E E Q E E
|-------------|--------------||---------------|-2--2---2--2----|
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---||-7--7---6--6---|-2--2---2--2----|
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---||-7--7---6--6---|-2--2---2--2----|
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---||-7--7---6--6---|-4--4---4--4----|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2---||-5--5---4--4---|-4--4---4--4----|
|-------------|--------------||---------------|-2--2---2--2----|
Bm E C#
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q H
|-2--2---2--2---|-0--0--|---------------|-------------||
|-3--3---3--3---|-0--0--|-6--6--6---6---|-6-----------||
|-4--4---4--4---|-1--1--|-6--6--6---6---|-6-----------||
|-4--4---4--4---|-2--2--|-6--6--6---6---|-6-----------||
|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2--|-4--4--4---4---|-4-----------||
|---------------|-0--0--|---------------|-------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q Q E E E E E E Q H
|---------------|-------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------|-6--6--4-4-4-4-|-6-----------||
|---------------|-------|-6--6--4-4-4-4-|-6-----------||
|---------------|-------|-6--6--4-4-4-4-|-6-----------||
|---------------|-------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------|---------------|-------------||
Chorus
AE E E E E a E +S S a E DE E E E E a E +S S E AE E E E E a E S S E
|-----5-------------------|-----------------------|-----5----------------|
|-----5-------------------|-----7-----------------|-----5----------------|
|-----6-------------5-----|-----7-----------------|-----6-----------5----|
|-----7---------------5h7-|-----7-------------5-7-|-----7---------5---7--|
|-----7-----5h7-(7)-------|-5-5-------5h7-(7)-----|-----7-----5h7--------|
|-5-5---------------------|-----------------------|-5-5------------------|
1.
To Coda
DE E E E E E S S S S AE E e E E a E +S S S S DE E H.
|--------------9--------|-----------------------------|------------||
|-----7-----/8----------|-----5-----------------------|-----7-----o||
|-----7-----/9---9s7-5--|-----5b5.5-------------5-----|-----7------||
|-----7-----------------|-7-7---------------------5h7-|-----7------||
|-5-5-------------------|---------------5h7-(7)-------|-5-5-------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|------------||
2.
AE E e E E a E S E S DE E E E E a E +S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----5---------------------|-----7-----------------||
|-----5b5.5-----------5h==7-|-----7-----------------||
|-7-7---------------5---5---|-----7-------------5-7-||
|---------------5h7---------|-5-5-------5h7-(7)-----||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
H Q E E
Guitar Solo
AE E e E E S S S S E D E E e E E a E S S E
|------5--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------5--------------------------|-------------7-----------------------------------|
|------6--------------------------|-------------7-----------------------------------|
|------7--------7-5--7-5----------|-------------7-------------------5------7--------|
|------7---------------------7----|--5------5----------------5h7--5-----------------|
|-5-5-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| ~~~~~~~~~
| |-----3------|
| Q Q +Q. E q q q E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----14---(14)-------------12----|-14b17------14b17---14b17-----14---12------14b17-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| ~~~~~~~~~
| |----3-----|
| Q Q +Q E E E E +E q Q. +E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----14---(14)-----12---14----12h|=14b17-(14)-14b17---14b17r============(14)-------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A E E e E E S S S S E
|---------------5----------------------|
|---------------5----------------------|
|---------------6----------------------|
|---------------7--------7----5-7-5----|
|---------------7-------------------7--|
|---5-----5----------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |--3--|
| +q E Q +Q e Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-(14)------14-12---(12)---14----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| |---3----|
| E E E Q +H
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--14--12---14-12---(12)---------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
D E E e E E a E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7--------------------------------------|
|------------------7--------------------------------------|
|------------------7------------------------5-----7-------|
|--5--------5-----------------------5h=7--5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----3-----| |---3----| |------3------|
| E E E E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12---------------------13---------------|
|-------12----14------14---12-12-14---12------14-------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| S S E +Q S S E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14p===12----(12)---------12h14p==12-14------14b17----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
A E E e E E S S S S E
|----------------5-------------------------|
|----------------5-------------------------|
|----------------6-------------------------|
|----------------7--------------7-5--7-5---|
|----------------7-----------------------7-|
|--5--5------------------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| E S +S E E E +Q e E
|------------------------------------------|
|----13b14-(13)-15-13---------------13-----|
|-14--------------------14-(14)------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E Q. Q Q
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------13-----|
|-14-12---------------------14------14-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
D E E e E E a E S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------7-----------------------------------------------|
|------------7-----------------------------------------------|
|------------7------------------------------------5-----7----|
|--5-----5----------------------5h7-----------5--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3-----| |-----3------|
| Q S S S S E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------14-12----12--14-----12--------------12h===14-|
|---------------------14---------------------14--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S E Q E. S +S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-(13)----------13------------(13)-(13)-13----------|
|-14--------14--------------------------14--(14)-------14----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A E E e E E S S S S E D E E e E E a E S S E
|-------------------5----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------5----------------------------|-----------------7-----------------------------------||
|-------------------6----------------------------|-----------------7-----------------------------------||
|-------------------7---------7-5--7--5----------|-----------------7-------------------------5-7-------||
|-------------------7-------------------7--------|---5--------5----------------------5h7--5------------||
|--5---5-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. S +Q +Q E S S S E S Q S E. +E. S
|---------------------------------------5--------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------8-----|---5-------------------------------------------------||
|-14--------12----(12)---(12)--------------------|-------7b8----7--5----------7---5------(5)-----5-----||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|
| |---3----|
| E S S S Q +Q S E S +E E S E. +E E E E
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----13-------13-(13)---(13)-----13------15b17==|=(15)r-----15---13-(13)---(13)\----------------------||
|-14-----14--------14----(14)--------14----------|--------------------14----(14)\--------------5-------||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------||
&
AE E e E E a E +S S S S DE E e E E a E S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----5-----------------------|-----7-----------------||
|-----5b5.5-------------5-----|-----7-----------------||
|-7-7---------------------5h7-|-----7---------5-5-7-7-||
|---------------5h7-(7)-------|-5-5-------5h7---------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
Outro Guitar Solo
AE E e E E S S S S E
|-----5-----------------------------|
|-----5-----------------------------|
|-----6-----------------------------|
|-----7----------7----5--7-5--------|
|-----7-------------------------7---|
|-5-5-------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3----|
| H E E E E E E
|-------------12--------12---15-----|
|------------------15---------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q. E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------9-(9)-------------------8---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
D E E e E E a E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7---------------------------------------|
|-----------7---------------------------------------|
|-----------7------------------------------5----7---|
|--5--5--------------------------5h7-----5----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |---3----|
| e S S S S S +S E E E E E E
|-17-15-12----12------------------------------------|
|----------15----15b17r(15)---13-----15-13---15-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |---3----|
| e S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----8--------8---------------------------------|
|-----9-----9---------------9s=7------5--7----5---7-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
A E E e E E S S S S E
|---------------5-------------------------------------|
|---------------5-------------------------------------|
|---------------6-------------------------------------|
|---------------7--------------7-----5-7---5----------|
|---------------7-------------------------------7-----|
|----5-----5------------------------------------------|
|
| |------3------| |---------3---------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------15----------15------------------15-------|
|---15b17=========15-------------15r------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| |--3---| |-----6------|
| a Q E E E S. T S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------8------8h10--8------------------------|
|-7s=9-------------9-----------9s====7-5h7----5---5-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------7-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
D E E e E E a E S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------7-----------------------------|
|------------7-----------------------------|
|------------7---------------------5--7----|
|--5-----5-------------5h=7-----5----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----3------|
| Q Q Q E Q E
|----------x-------------------------------|
|-15pb16-------15---13---15b17-------15----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| +E e Q E E S S S S
|--------5---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------12-------|
|-(7)---------------14---12----14----14-12-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
A E E e E E S S S S E
|---------------5------------------------------------------|
|---------------5------------------------------------------|
|---------------6------------------------------------------|
|---------------7------------------------7-----5--7--5-----|
|---------------7---------------------------------------7--|
|--5-----5-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q +E S S E Q E
|---------------------------------------12b14--------------|
|-13----------(13)-15-------13----15-------------------15--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----3-----|
| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----12------------12b13-------------12--------------------|
|-14----14-12--14--------14----12-14----14----12-14-12-14--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E a E S S E
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-----------------------------------5--7----|
|--5--------5--------------------------5h=7--------5-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----3-----|
| E E E E E E E a E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13b14-------------------13----15\------------------------------|
|-------14----12----14-------------------------------------12----|
|----------------------------------------------10s14-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----|
| E S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------12-------------------------------15-------|
|-13-------------13-15-------15-13-------13-15----15b17----15-13-|
|----------14-----------------------14---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E S S S S E
|-----------------5-------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------------------7---5--7--5--------|
|-----------------7-------------------------------7-----|
|---5------5--------------------------------------------|
|
| +E Q. E E S E S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-(12)------------------------------12------------------|
|---------14--------------11-------(11)----14s12--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--15---------------13----15-15b17--15--13-------13-----|
|------14-14--14-14----14------------------14-14----14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
D E E e E E a E S S E
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------7--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------7--------------------------------------*|
|-------------------7------------------------------5--7----*|
|--5----------5------------------------5h=7-----5----------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|
| S E S E S S +E E Q
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------14-(14)------------12----------*|
|-10h====12-----12s14----14--------------14----------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|
| S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|-15b17r(15)-13----15p13----15p=13-------15p13----15p13----*|
|---------------14-------14---------14---------14-------14-*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Outside my window is a tree.
Outside my window is a tree.
There only for me.
And it stands in the grey of the city,
No time for pity, for the tree or me.
There is a world of pain
In the falling rain
Around me.
Is there a reason for today?
Is there a reason for today?
Do you remember?
I can hear all the cries of the city,
No time for pity for a growing tree.
There is a world of pain
In the falling rain
Around me.
Outside my window is a tree.
Outside my window is a tree.
There only for me.
And it stands in the grey of the city,
No time for pity, for the tree or me.
There is a world of pain
In the falling rain
Around me.