[Versetto]
  DO        FA DO 
Taking it slowly 
  LAm            FA DO 
I'm afraid to be lonely 
  DO      FA DO 
Nobody told me 
      LAm                         
It's harder than I thought to tell
     FA 
 the truth 
It's harder than I thought to tell the truth 
  DO                     FA DO 
It's gonna leave you in pieces 
  LAm                FA DO 
All alone with your demons 
 DO                 FA DO 
And I know that we need this 
 LAm                          FA  
But I've been too afraid to follow
   N.DO. 
 through
But I've been too afraid to follow through
[Ritornello]
 DO                   FA    DO 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
  LAm            SOL         
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
    FA DO 
 somebody 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
 DO                   FA    DO 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      LAm         SOL      FA  DO 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
  LAm               SOL      
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
   FA DO 
 somebody
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
[Versetto]
    DO                 FA DO 
Don't know where the time went 
   LAm              FA DO 
Stuck in the wrong mindset 
  DO         FA DO 
I let the rules bend 
       LAm                        
When I know that all along they're
         FA 
 made to break 
When I know that all along they're made to break 
 DO                        FA DO 
You got me searching for reasons 
 LAm             FA DO 
To keep me from leaving 
 DO                  FA     DO 
And that I have trouble breathing 
 LAm                        FA  DO 
I give myself another chance to stay
[Ritornello]
  DO                   FA   DO 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
          LAm            SOL 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
  FA  DO 
 somebody 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
  DO                   FA   DO 
So much to say but I don't speak 
  LAm               SOL    FA   DO 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
          LAm            SOL 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
 FA  DO 
 somebody
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
[Ponte]
REm7                           DO 
 One day before you know it, you will
 see 
 One day before you know it, you will see 
REm7                          LAm
  All of the pain and all the irony,
 SOL 
 yeah 
  All of the pain and all the irony, yeah 
REm7                               
You'll feel the stinging and you'll
  LAm     DO 
 think of me 
You'll feel the stinging and you'll think of me 
          FA 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
[Ritornello]
  DO                  FA   DO 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
           LAm           SOL 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
   FA DO 
 somebody 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
DO                    FA    DO 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      LAm          SOL    FA   DO 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
  DO                 FA     DO 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
          LAm            SOL 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
  FA   DO 
 somebody 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
DO                   FA     DO 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      LAm         SOL       FA  DO 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
          LAm            SOL 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
  FA   DO 
 somebody
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody