Hurt Chords
by Johnny Cash
Hurt by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, Dsus2, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am C Dsus2 (2x)
Am C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 G
Try to kill it all away but I remember every thing
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
And you could have it all my empire of dirt
Am F G Am C Dsus2
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Am C Dsus2
Am C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
I wear this crown of thorns on my liar's chair
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 Am
Beneath the stain of time the feeling disappears
C Dsus2 Am C Dsus2 G
You are someone else I am still right here
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
And you could have it all my empire of dirt
Am F G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Am F G
If I could start again a million miles away
Am F G
I would keep myself I would find a way