The Smashing Pumpkins - Suffer: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Suffer" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D
All that you suffer is all that you are
D
All that you smother is all that you are
            C
And you're seeing, you're seeing,
you're seeing who you are
     D
You are
            C
What takes meaning is cleaning
the meaning of who you
Bm
Are

         D   F Em
On this seam,
         D   F Em
I will dream
         D   F Em
On this seam

All of you struggles beneath your disguise
You drink from the reasons that hold you alive
To ascend from the wounds of desire and pain
You must rise from the mounds of desire and change

C              Bm     C        Bm
Too late to discover peace of mind
C             Bm     D
Too late to recover me

All you see and all you breathe
and all you cease to be
Taking down your only son and what he means to me
Your dream will be
To dream with me

D                                             C G
Will you wait? Yes I will, I will wait for you
D
Will you wait? Yes I will, I will wait for you
 C   G           D    C     G         D
To cleanse your life takes more than time
 C    G        D
Take what you want
 C   G      D C G
Take all of it

Too late to discover peace of mind
(I've no peace of mind)
Too late to recover


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Suffer" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Suffer" by The Smashing Pumpkins.