Love Hurts Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

Love Hurts by Rod Stewart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G7, E7, D7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C                Am          F          G7 
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars 
     C        Am        F        G7 
Any heart not tough nor strong enough 
                 C     E7             Am 
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain, 
               F                     G7 
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain ..... 
          C     
Love hurts ......  
G7    F           C 
Oooh ...... love hurts. 

C              Am          F	 G7 
You’re young, I know, but even so 
         C        Am         F           G7 
I know a thing or two, I've learned from you 
                      C         E7       	    Am 
I've really learned a lot, I’ve really learned a lot 
               F                             G7 
Love is like a flame ,it burns you when it's hot 
      C        
Love hurts, ...... 
G7   F	         C 
Oooh....... love hurts 

Am                  E7   Am    E7       Am     E7     Am 
Some fools rave on happiness, blissfullness, togetherness 
D7                
Some fools fool themselves I guess 
    F                   G7 
But they're not fooling me ...... 
                C                     Am 
I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true 
               F                     G7 
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue 
           C  
Love hurts ...... 
G7     F         C 
Oooh ...... love hurts. 

(Instrumental Break) C / Am / F / G7    
		 C                     Am 
I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true 
               F                     G7 
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue 
           C  
Love hurts ...... 
G7     F         C 
Oooh ...... love hurts 

fade out to C / Am / F / G  repeated 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante