Hurt, JOHNNY CASH

This version of Hurt performed by Johnny Cash is a beautiful, simple, powerful rendition of Trent Reznors song. 

Simple, sparse guitar picking pattern, a handful of classic open chords and a straight forward structure.  A real pleasure to play on guitar.

 

Key: Am

Time Signature: 4/4

 

THE SONG

Chords:

The chords for the whole song:

 

Intro & Verses Picking Patterns (TAB):

The following Tab plays twice for the Intro and 8 times for the Verse

Play 4 down strums on a G chords. This takes you into the Chorus.

Chorus:

The chorus has accent (stronger) strums on each beat but you will hear the guitar catching the up-strums on the 8th notes (the +s).  If you can, add these light up-strums in.

Play the following chord sequence twice

Then, play the following chord sequence twice

 

Ending:

The song ends by repeating the last 4 chords of the chorus with a. single strum on a G chord as the final one.

 

Song Structure:

INTRO | VERSE 1 | CHORUS | VERSE 2 | CHORUS | REPEATED ENDING

 

 

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