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Step 1 / 27Position: 5
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Band: Garbage
Song Title: Tell Me Where It Hurts
Tuning: Normal
This is a pretty easy song to play there are a couple of guitar parts. The electric
seems to be playing power chords and the acoustic is playing a cool harmony part.
Most chords are done as bar chords but you can play regular chords they dont sound as
but for beginners it can be done.
Chords Used For This Song
D5 B5 G5 A5 Dm
E|--D------A------Bm-----C#m-------E---5-----3-----5-----5-----7-----4-----7-----|
B|-----------------------------6-----3-----5-----5-----7-----5-----8-----|
G|-----7-----4-----------------7-----4-----7-----6-----7-----6-----9-----|
D|-----7-----4-----5-----7-----7-----5-----7-----7-----9-----6-----9-----|
A|-----5-----2-----5-----7-----5-----5-----5-----7-----9-----4-----7-----|
E|-----------------3-----5-----X-----3-----X-----5-----7-----X-----X-----|
Acoustic Guitar Parts.
I am not sure of the names of these chords so I will just come up with names for them.
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
E|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
B|-----3-----3-----3-----5-----|
G|-----2-----4-----4-----6-----|
D|-----0-----4-----5-----7-----|
A|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
E|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
Intro:
Listen to song for changes. The first two chords are played 8 beats each then the rest
4 beats each.
D5 B5 G5 A5 G5 A5
First verse is mostly keyboards guitar comes in at the chorus.
Verse I:
What is my day going to look like?
What will my tomorrow bring me?
If I had x-ray eyes, I could see inside
I wouldn’t have to predict the future
I wish that you would do with some talking
How else am I to know what you’re thinking?
If only people would say what it really was
What it really was
What it really was that they wanted
Chours:
D5Tell me where it hurts
to hell with B5everybody else
All I G5care about is A5you and that's the G5truth A5  
They don't D5love me; I can tell B5  
But you G5doA5, so they can go to hell G5  A5  
Verse II:
For the second verse you can play the acoustic part. Liten to song for changes.
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
E|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
B|-----3-----3-----3-----5-----|
G|-----2-----4-----4-----6-----|
D|-----0-----4-----5-----7-----|
A|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
E|-----X-----X-----X-----X-----|
[I]Did they ever give you a reason
[II]To believe in something different
[III]If you’re looking for love, for what it's worth [IV]
[III]I have plenty of it lying around here somewhere [IV]
[I]If you are looking for disappointment
[II]You can find it around any corner
[III]In the middle of the night I hold on to you tight [IV]
[III]So both of us can feel protected [IV]
Chorus:
D5Tell me where it hurts
to hell with B5everybody else
All I G5care about is A5you and that's the G5truth A5  
They don't D5love me; I can tell B5  
But you G5doA5, so they can go to hell G5  A5  
Change Up:
Most of these chords are bar chords but song can be played with regular open chords.
There is a cool acoustic picking part in this part of the song. Starting at "I've" It is
follows. You can play the chords or the picking part.
Acoustic Picking Part
E|-------------------0-------0-------|
B|---3-------3-----------------------|
G|-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
DmI’ve been loved but I Gdidn’t know how to feel it D  
DmAnd I’ve been adored but I Gdon’t know if I ever believed it D  
DmI’ve been loved my whole life Gbut I didn’t know how to take it D  
Until... [Dm] [G] [A] [B] [C#m] [E]
D5Tell me where it hurts
to hell with B5everybody else
All I G5care about is A5you and that's the G5truth A5  
They don't D5love me; I can tell B5  
But you G5doA5, so they can go to hell G5  A5  
Outro:
Listen to song for changes.
[D5] [B5] [G5] [A5]
Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts
Tell me where it hurts now
Tell me where it hurts...
All chords in this song (12)

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