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Did You Know? Hurt was originally written and performed by industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails. Singer and songwriter Trent Reznor highly praised Johnny Cash's interpretation of the song for its 'sincerity and meaning,' and said 'that song isn't mine anymore.'
The music video for the Johny Cash version is considered to be one of the greatest music videos of all time.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick (Yellow Pick when played with open anchor chords
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Yellow Pick Level
Hurt Chords And Strumming, Johnny Cash
Open Chords:
Open C chord
Open Fmaj7 chord (F∆7)
Open Gadd4 chord
Open Am chord
Open Dsus2 chord
Strumming:
"Straight 8s": |D B D B D B D B |
Tempo: 91 bpm Key: Am
Intro -
Verse 1 -
(Am) I (C)hurt my(Dsus2)self to(Am)day, to (C)see if (Dsus2)I still (Am)feel
I (C)focus (Dsus2) on the (Am)pain, the (C)only (Dsus2)thing that's (Am)real
The (C)needle (Dsus2)tears a (Am)hole, the (C)old fa(Dsus2)miliar (Am)sting
Try to (C)kill it (Dsus2) all a(Am)way, but I (C)remember (Dsus2)everything
Chorus -
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