Hurt Chords

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Complete chords and lyrics / intermediate version with add9 and 7 chords / suggestions for playable voicings / well-aligned / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffFaJSDv9g.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Am
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

Dsus2

Dadd9

Am7

Fadd9

Strumming

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       E-A-D-G-B-e
Am     x-0-2-2-1-0
Am7    x-0-2-2-1-3
C      x-3-2-0-1-0
C*     x-3-2-0-1-3
D      x-x-0-2-3-2 
    or x-5-4-0-3-0 technically D(add9,add11)
Dsus2  x-x-0-2-3-0
Dadd9  x-x-0-2-5-2
Fadd9  1-x-3-2-1-3
G      3-x-0-0-3-3
 
 
 
[Intro]
 
| Am | C Dsus2 |
| Am | C Dadd9 | Am |
 
[Verse]
 
  C      D      Am      C      D       Am
I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel
  C     D      Am        C    D            Am7
I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real
    C      D       Am7       C     D      Am7
The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting
       C       D    Am7          C      D    G
Try to kill it all away, but I remember everything
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am7           Fadd9 C*           G
What Have I become,  my sweetest friend
Am7        Fadd9       C*         G
Everyone I know, goes away in the end
    Am7               Fadd9 G
And you could have it all,  my empire of dirt
Am7             Fadd9 G               | Am | C D | Am | C D | Am |
I will let you down,  I will make you hurt
 
 
[Verse]
 
  C         D        Am       C      D      Am
I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liar's chair
C       D      Am        C    D     Am
Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair
  C         D         Am        C       D      Am
Beneath the stains of time, the feeling   disappears
C       D       Am    C    D           G
You are someone else, I am still right here
 
[Chorus]
 
Am7           Fadd9 C*            G
What Have I become,  my sweetest friend
Am7        Fadd9       C*         G
Everyone I know, goes away in the end
    Am7               Fadd9 G
And you could have it all,  my empire of dirt
Am7            Fadd9 G
I will let you down, I will make you hurt
 
 
[Coda]
 
   Am7            Fadd9   G
If I could start again, a million miles away
Am7            Fadd9  G
I would keep myself,  I would find a way
                    (single strum)
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Hurt – Johnny Cash

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13 comments

This is the correct version.

I've been listening to this song over and over, and found that finally, somebody has done the chords correctly, with the added "G" chord in the chorus.

You can also add an E into the D chord in the verse - really adds something to it and I think he does this in the actual song anyway