How to play guitar Hurt by Johnny Cash - Description has Lyrics, Chords & Strumming

How to play guitar Hurt by Johnny Cash

Tuning: Standard
Chords: Am, C, D, G, F
Strum Intro & Verse = single Down strum (single slow strum 5th, 4th, and quick (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time) Let Am ring out and C & D chords are played faster
Strum Chorus & Outro = DDDDDDDD

Challenge Level: Medium

[Intro]
Am C D Am C D

[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

Strum DDDDDDDD

[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) Single Strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)
I will let you down I will make you hurt

Pick = single strum (single strum 5th, 4th, (3rd, 2nd, 1st) at the same time)

[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) DDDD Strum starts on G)
You are someone else I am still right here

Strum = DDDDDDDD

[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