6 Chords used in the song: C, Dsus2, Am, D, G, F

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Verse 1:
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D *
G (*start chord strums)
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything
Chorus:Am
F
C
G
What have I become? My sweetest friendAm
F
C
G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am
F
G
G
And you could have it all My empire of dirtAm
F
G - *
Am (*return to finger style)
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Instrumental transition: (see intro)
Verse 2:
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chairC
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
C
Dsus2
Am
C
D
Am
Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappearsC
Dsus2
Am
C
D *
G (*start chord strums)
You are someone else I am still right here
Chorus:Am
F
C
G
What have I become? My sweetest friendAm
F
C
G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am
F
G
G
And you could have it all My empire of dirtAm
F
G
G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Am
F
G
G
If I could start againA million miles away
Am
F *
G (*one single strum only)
I would keep myself I would find a way
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The finger style is playing the C string then the E string and finishing it with a strum.
11 Apr 2019


i use single down strums in verses and dddd for the chorus for sure. if you'd play it on guitar you need to pluck two lowest strings on each chord and then just do single down strum(for verses)and just dddd for the chorus.
29 Mar 2019






the Dsus2 is unnecessary.. a D will do just fine.
and the double G is verses is wrong.. should be C then G (eg. "my empire of dirt").
and the double G is verses is wrong.. should be C then G (eg. "my empire of dirt").
17 Oct 2016



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About this song: Hurt
"Hurt" was written by Trent Reznor and first released on Nine Inch Nails' 1994 album The Downward Spiral. Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" was released on his 2002 album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Rick Rubin, producer of Cash's American series and a friend of Reznor's, suggested the song to Cash. The line "crown of shit" was changed to "crown of thorns", not only removing profanity from the lyrics, but also more directly referencing Christ. The cover was released on a single with the B-side "Personal Jesus", a cover of the Depeche Mode single.