Everybody Hurts Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays667

Everybody Hurts by Joe Cocker is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Cadd9, F, F6, Bb, Fmaj7, G, E7, Am, Am7 and Gm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: 
C  Cadd9  F  F6 

C  Cadd9  F  Bb    F  C  


Verse 
C                Cadd9 F F6    C                    Cadd9  F     Bb F   C                                   
When the day is long  and the night, the night  is yours alone,    
C                        Cadd9 F      F6     C      Cadd9   F     Fmaj7  
When you're sure you've had  enough of this life, well hang on. 

 
                    G  Fmaj7              G   Fmaj7  
Don't let yourself go,  'cos everybody cries  
               G         C   Cadd9 F          F6              C   
and everybody hurts sometimes       Sometimes everything is wrong. 

Cadd9  F Bb F   C  
                                                                       

Verse  
C                 Cadd9  F F6 C                    Cadd9     F     Bb F   C     
When your day is night alone,  and If you feel like letting go 
C                      Cadd9   F     F6     C      Cadd9   F     Fmaj7  
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. 


                G  Fmaj7                     G   Fmaj7                   
'cos everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends. 
           G                                               
Everybody hurts. 

E7 


Bridge 
                  Am   Am7 Am Am7  E7 
Don't throw your hand.  
        Am  Am7 Am Am7 E7 
Oh, no baby. 
                  Am  Am7  Bb 
Don't throw your hand. 
                        F       Bb                     Gm7                         
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone 


Instrumental 

C  Cadd9  F  F6 

C  Cadd9  F  Bb   

C  Cadd9  F  F6 

C  Cadd9  F  Bb    F  C  


Verse
C                 Cadd9  F F6 C                    Cadd9     F     Bb F   C    
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long, 
C                      Cadd9   F     F6     C      Cadd9   F     Fmaj7    
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on. 
                                                                       

Outro 
           G          Fmaj7            G   Fmaj7 
Everybody hurts, sometimes everybody cries 
           G          C   Cadd9 F           C   Cadd9 F 
Everybody hurts, sometimes       everybody hurts 
                      C   Cadd9  
I said, "Everybody cries" 
     F    F6           C      Cadd9  
Sometimes, you got to hold on 
     F    Bb  F          C    Cadd9 F           F6      C    
Hold on, 'cos everybody hurts,       sometimes you know 
                  Cadd9   F 
Don't you hold on 
        F6  C 
Hold on 
        Cadd9 F 
You know 
                 F6       C   Cadd9 
Sometimes everything is wrong 
     F          F6         C 
Sometimes, you got to hold on 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante