Hurt This Way

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To play it like the record, plug in your reverb/chorus pedal and play around with arpeggiating your chords e.g.
G x4 D x4 C x4 Em x4
Eb ----3------------------------2------------------0---------------------------------
Bb ----------3----------------------------------------------------------0------------
Gb -------0-----0------------3-----3-----------0-------0-----------------------------
Db ----------------------0-------------------------------------------2-----2---------
Ab ----------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------
Eb ----3---------------------------------------------------------0-------------------
The bass notes are always the same but sometimes Jason plucks the high E string, sometimes the B string.
After the intro there are little twiddles like D-D-Dsus4-D so you'd go 0-3-2-3 0-3-2-3 0-3-3-3 0-3-2-3
Regardless of whatever you feel like doing, it'll sound good. It's a fun song to play, play it how you like!
G D C Em
G
I look for my keys somewhere buried in the grass
D
She's riding her tail lights over the broken glass
C Em
On a highway from nowhere, hell-bent on going back
G
Where did she come from, where do I go?
D
Each time that I fall, you know it's just another show
C Em
Well, the credits keep on rolling and I'm the last to know
G D
And it's a long, cold road tonight
C Em
And I'm wandering, without a fight
G
So tell me why you want to hurt this way
C
Why you want to hurt this way
G C
Why you want to hurt this way
G
Shine it all, don't be ashamed
C
Nothing ever stays the same
G C
Why you want to hurt this way
Em
G
Open the screen door, the transistor plays
D
An old Springsteen song, from my father's glory days
C Em
Mum's in the kitchen, tryin'a hide her swollen face
G
The old man's tying one on tight, he looks the other way
D
I hold in every word, there's just too much to say
C Em
I've got to rise above this madness, before I go insane
G
So tell me why you want to hurt this way
C
Why you want to hurt this way
G C
Why you want to hurt this way
G
Shine it all, don't be ashamed
C
Nothing ever stays the same
G C
Why you want to hurt this way
Em G Em
G
So tell me why you want to hurt this way
C
Why you want to hurt this way
G C
Why you want to hurt this way (Yeah...)
G
Shine it all, don't be ashamed
C
Nothing ever stays the same
G C
Why you want to hurt this way
Em

Hurt This Way chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hurt This Way by Lifehouse. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

To play it like the record, plug in your reverb/chorus pedal and play around with arpeggiating your chords e.g.
The bass notes are always the same but sometimes Jason plucks the high E string, sometimes the B string. 
After the intro there are little twiddles like D-D-Dsus4-D so you'd go 0-3-2-3 0-3-2-3 0-3-3-3 0-3-2-3
Regardless of whatever you feel like doing, it'll sound good. It's a fun song to play, play it how you like!
G D C Em
Em
Em G Em 
Em

Hurt This Way Chords by Lifehouse

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