It Won't Hurt Chords

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It Won't Hurt by Dwight Yoakam is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: D   A    E    A 

            A             D                                 A                 
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
            A                    D                E                     
It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
            A                           D                A                 
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 

  A               D                             A             
Today I had another bout with sorrow 
                                           E    
You know this time I almost won 
                D                                                     A        
If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow 
                                          E              A 
I know that I would have sorrow on the run 

            A             D                                 A                 
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
            A                    D                E                     
It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
            A                           D                A                 
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 






  A               D                             A             
Your memory comes back up with each sunrise 
                                           E    
I reach up for the bottle and find it's gone 
                         D                                                          A        
Yeah lord somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me 
                                   E             A 
To face this cold cold world on my own 

            A             D                                 A                 
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool 
            A                    D                E                     
It won't hurt when I stumble in the street 
            A                           D                A                 
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 
  D      A                  E                           A           
Even whiskey cannot ease your hurtin' me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante