Hurt, Johnny Cash
4/4,   ¼ = 88 bpm, (Note: D-2 = Dsus2)
Counting method for intro. bridge and verse:
   | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 | 1234 |
   | ••// | //// | ••// | ••// | ••// | //// | ••// | ••// | (tatataaaaaaa,tatata,tatata,tatataaaaaaa...)
                                                             (If desired, the first 2 notes of each chord 
                                                              can be played as single note 
                                                             [arpeggio / fingerstyle])
[Intro]
[Am   |      |     |   |    |      |     | Dsus2] 

[Verse 1]
  

          
I hurt myself 

          
  today       

            
 to see if I s

      
till feel
        
I focus on the

            
 pain         

           
 the only thin

          
g that's real
          
The needle tea

          
rs a hole     

            
 the old famil

      
iar sting
             
Try to kill it

       
 all away     

             
 but I remembe

              *  (*        
r everything

[Chorus](full chords, full rhythm)
            
What have I be

            
come?         

              
 My sweetest f


riend
           
Everyone I kno

             
w          goe

              
s away in the 


end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
  My empire of

 
 dirt
Am             F          G        -      *Am  (*back to standard rhythm)
I will let you down       I will make you hurt

[Bridge]
      

[Verse 2]
           
I wear this cr

         
own of thorns 

            
  upon my liar

        
’s chair

        
Full of broken

            
 thoughts     

           
   I cannot re

      
pair

           
Beneath the st

         
ains of time  

             
 the feeling  

           
 disappears

        
You are someon

           
e else     I a

             
m  still right

        *     (*        
 here

[Chorus](full chords, full rhythm)
            
What have I be

             
come?         

             
    My sweetes

    
t friend
           
Everyone I kno

              
w             

             
 goes away in 

    
the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
  My empire of

 
 dirt
Am             F              G                *Am (*back to standard rhythm)
I will let you down          I will make you hurt

[Solo]
(Freestyle 2 to n reps)

   |  
(* let ring an

    |   
d break. After

 | *
 text -/ ramp)
What have I become? My sweetest friend   |CCCCCCCC|GGGGGGGG|

[Chorus](full chords, full rhythm)
           
Everyone I kno

              
w             

             
 goes away in 

    
the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
  My empire of

 
 dirt
Am             F             G                *Am (*back to standard rhythm)
I will let you down          I will make you hurt
        
If I could sta

           
rt again      

         
 A  million mi


les away
        
I would keep m

           
yself         

         
 I would find 

*  (*  
a way