Hurt Uke tab by Johnny Cash

6 Chords used in the song: C, Dsus2, Am, D, G, F

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Artist: Johnny Cash

Album: Unearthed

Year: 2003

Difficulty:

2.83

(Beginner)

Key: C, GChords

Verse 1:

  C      Dsus2    Am     C      D       Am
I hurt myself today   to see if I still feel

  C     Dsus2   Am        C    D            Am
I focus on the pain   the only thing that's real

    C      Dsus2   Am         C      D      Am
The needle tears a hole   the old familiar sting

       C       Dsus2 Am           C      D    *G (*start chord strums)       
Try to kill it all away   but I remember everything

Chorus:

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            G
And you could have it all     My empire of dirt

Am              F     G        -      *Am  (*return to finger style)
I will let you down   I will make you hurt

Instrumental transition: (see intro)

Verse 2:

  C         Dsus2    Am        C      D      Am
I wear this crown of thorns   upon my liar's chair

C       Dsus2   Am        C     D     Am
Full of broken thoughts   I cannot repair

  C         Dsus2      Am         C       D      Am
Beneath the stains of time   the feeling   disappears

C       Dsus2    Am    C     D          *G   (*start chord strums)       
You are someone else   I am still right here

Chorus:

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            G
And you could have it all     My empire of dirt

Am              F     G                G
I will let you down   I will make you hurt

  Am              F        G              G
If I could start again   A million miles away

Am             F     *G               (*one single strum only)
I would keep myself   I would find a way

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jackieboy3011

doesnt sound right at all lol

29 Mar 2022

SansSpelly

The finger style is playing the C string then the E string and finishing it with a strum.

11 Apr 2019

neelazaytsev

(Saint-Petersburg)

i use single down strums in verses and dddd for the chorus for sure. if you'd play it on guitar you need to pluck two lowest strings on each chord and then just do single down strum(for verses)and just dddd for the chorus.

29 Mar 2019

neelazaytsev

(Saint-Petersburg)

strumming pattern?

19 Mar 2019

MyRandomName

I don't think dduudu sp is right...

17 Mar 2019

erickitowz1

d d u u d u

07 Dec 2018

myfalkor

strummingpattern?

04 Dec 2018

poiboy

the Dsus2 is unnecessary.. a D will do just fine.
and the double G is verses is wrong.. should be C then G (eg. "my empire of dirt").

17 Oct 2016

henkiepiet

very good tab!

04 Apr 2013

cash_fan

love this song!

29 Dec 2011

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About this song: Hurt

"Hurt" was written by Trent Reznor and first released on Nine Inch Nails' 1994 album The Downward Spiral. Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" was released on his 2002 album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Rick Rubin, producer of Cash's American series and a friend of Reznor's, suggested the song to Cash. The line "crown of shit" was changed to "crown of thorns", not only removing profanity from the lyrics, but also more directly referencing Christ. The cover was released on a single with the B-side "Personal Jesus", a cover of the Depeche Mode single.

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