How to play guitar Hurt by Johnny Cash
Tuning: Standard
Chords: Am, C, D, G, F
Strum Intro & Verse = single Down strum (single slow strum 5th, 4th, and quick (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time) Let Am ring out and C & D chords are played faster
Strum Chorus & Outro = DDDDDDDD
Challenge Level: Medium
[Intro]
Am C D Am C D
[Verse 1]
Am C D Am C D Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C D Am C D Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C D Am C D Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C D Am C D G
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything
Strum DDDDDDDD
[Chorus 1]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G ((Am) Single Strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Pick = single strum (single strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)
[Transition]
(Am) C D Am C D
[Verse 2]
Am 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 feelings disappear
C D Am C D ((G) DDDD Strum starts on G)
You are someone else I am still right here
Strum = DDDDDDDD
[Chorus 2]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
[Outro]
Am F G G
If I could start again a million miles away
Am F G
I would keep myself I would find a way
Tuning: Standard
Chords: Am, C, D, G, F
Strum Intro & Verse = single Down strum (single slow strum 5th, 4th, and quick (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time) Let Am ring out and C & D chords are played faster
Strum Chorus & Outro = DDDDDDDD
Challenge Level: Medium
[Intro]
Am C D Am C D
[Verse 1]
Am C D Am C D Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C D Am C D Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C D Am C D Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C D Am C D G
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything
Strum DDDDDDDD
[Chorus 1]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G ((Am) Single Strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Pick = single strum (single strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)
[Transition]
(Am) C D Am C D
[Verse 2]
Am 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 feelings disappear
C D Am C D ((G) DDDD Strum starts on G)
You are someone else I am still right here
Strum = DDDDDDDD
[Chorus 2]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
[Outro]
Am F G G
If I could start again a million miles away
Am F G
I would keep myself I would find a way
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