Right.
The intro and verse to the song includes the three chords Am, C and Dsus2, playing each note of the chords, like this:
Am C Dsus2
e-----------------------0-----
b------1-------1--------3-----
g------2-------0------2-------
d----2-------2------0---------
a--0-------3------------------
e-----------------------------
for the intro, repeat this twice.
continue throughout the verse, i have put the relevant chords above the lyrics.
Verse 1
Am C Dsus2 Am
I hurt myself to-day,
C Dsus2 Am
To see if I still feel.
C Dsus2 Am
I focused on the pain,
C Dsus2 Am
The only thing that's real.
C Dsus2 Am
The needle tears a hole
C Dsus2 Am
The old fa-miliar sting
C Dsus2 Am
Try to kill it, all a-way
C Dsus2 G G G G (just strum)
But I re-member every-thing.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_cash/hurt_tab_ver_10.html ]
~~~~for the chorus, strum G without the high G note on the E string, Am, C and Fadd9 which is 003213, except again without the top G note on the E string, so 003210. The high G note is continued throughout the chorus, gradually getting louder, put this should be played on the piano, because it really nackers your little finger if you try it on guitar.~~~~~~ got that?
G= 320000
Fadd9= 003210
Chorus
Am Am Am Am Fadd9 X5 C (very quietly, except C)
What have I be-come?
C C C G
My sweetest friend?
Am Am Am Am Fadd9 X3
Every-one I know
Fadd9 X2 C C C C G G G G
Goes a-way, in the end.
G Am Am Am Am Fadd9 (louder)
And you could have it all:
G G G G G G G G
My empire of dirt,
Am Am Am Am Fadd9 X4 (LOUD)
I will let you down,
G G G G Am ( Gs loud, Am quiet)
I will make you hurt.
~~~~~same as verse 1 for the second verse, and same for the chorus, except for the 'If I could start a-again...' bit, continue the Am, Fadd9, G sequence really, REALLY loudly.
Thank you, and goodnight.
