johnny cash - hurt

(G):add the high “G“ note

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