"Hurt" by Johnny Cash (Chord Chart)
Song Info
- Key: A minor,C major
- Chord Family: C
- Skills: Fingerpicking, Basic Strumming, "Textured" Strum, Open Chords
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INTRO
/Am---/C-D-/ (x2)
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
CHORUS
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 C G
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
Am F G Am---/C-D-/ (x2)
I will let you down, I will make you hurt
VERSE 2
Am C D Am C D Am
I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liars 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
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 C G
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
Am F G Am---/C-D-/ (x2)
I will let you down, I will make you hurt
OUTRO
C D Am C D Am
If I could start again, a million miles away
C D Am C D Am
I would keep myself, I would find a way.
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