Hurt Chords – Johnny Cash

Intro

Am C D Am C D

e|------0------------------2----|
B|------1--------1---------3----|
G|------2--------0-------2---2--|
D|----2--------2---2---0--------|
A|--0--------3------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Verse 1

Am C    D      Am         C      D       Am
I  hurt myself today   to see if I still feel
  C     D      Am         C    D            Am
I focus on the pain   the only thing that's real
    C      D       Am         C   D        Am
The needle tears a hole   the old familiar sting
       C    D      Am           C        D         G
Try to kill it all away   but I remember everything

Chorus 1

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
I will let you down    I will make you hurt

Transition

Am C D Am C D

Verse 2

Am C         D        Am       C       D      Am
I  wear this crown of thorns   upon my liar's chair
C       D      Am         C D      Am
Full of broken thoughts   I cannot repair
C           D         Am         C        D Am
Beneath the stains of time   the feelings   disappear
C       D       Am     C    D           G
You are someone else   I am still right here

Chorus 2

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

Outro

   Am            F        G             G
If I could start again  a million miles away
Am           F       G
I would keep myself  I would find a way
                 (single strum)