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Hurt

Johnny Cash
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
I hurt  myself  today,  to see  if I  still feel
 I focus on  the pain,  the only thing  thats real
 The needle tears  a hole,  the old  familiar sting
 Try to kill  it all  away,  but I remember everything
What  Have I become, my  sweetest  friend
Everyone  I know, goes  away in  the end
 And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
 I will let you down, I will make you hurt
 For the bit between the verses here I like to hit the last few
 strings of Am,(ebg)then slowly move up your strumming so your
 hitting bgd,then up to gda and finally when you've hit daE a few
 times,I go for two go back down and hit ebg once.Then straight
 into the next verse.
 I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liars chair
 Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair
 Beneath the stains of time, the feeling disappears
 You are someone else, I am still right here
 What Have I become, my sweetest friend
 Everyone I know, goes away in the end
 And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
 I will let you down, I will make you hurt
 If I could start again,
 a million miles away
 I would keep myself,
 I would find a way.

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Readable chord sheet for Hurt by Johnny Cash

[Am]I   [C]hurt my[D]self to[Am]day, to [C]see if [D]I still [Am]feel
I [C]focus [D]on the [Am]pain, the [C]only [D]thing thats [Am]real
The [C]needle [D]tears a [Am]hole, the [C]old fa[D]miliar [Am]sting
Try to [C]kill it [D]all a[Am]way, but I re[C]member [D]every[G]thing

[C]What Have I become,  [F]my sw[C]eetest friend    [G]
[C]Everyone I know, [F]goes away in[C] the end     [G]
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
I will let you down, I will make you hurt

For the bit between the verses here I like to hit the last few
strings of Am,(ebg)then slowly move up your strumming so your
hitting bgd,then up to gda and finally when you've hit daE a few
times,I go for two go back down and hit ebg once.Then straight
into the next verse.

I  wear this crown of thorns, upon my liars chair
Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time, the feeling   disappears
You are someone else, I am still right here

What Have I become,  my sweetest friend
Everyone I know, goes away in the end
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
I will let you down, I will make you hurt

If I could start again,
a million miles away
I would keep myself,
I would find a way.

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