Everybody Hurts Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Everybody Hurts chords and guitar lesson. This a great song by REM and it is a great way to really working on picking individual strings or even to start trying some fingerpicking.
You can play the chords using standard 6 string, 5 string and 4 string arpeggios. I teach about these in my 7 Level Guitar System along basic fingerpicking skills.
Scroll down to see the chords and picking patterns.
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Everybody Hurts Guitar Chords:
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Picking:
The best way to go about playing this song it to use 4-string, 5-string and 6-
string arpeggios in a 6/8 time pattern. I would maintain using the bass note
followed be strings 3 2 1 2 3 with the exception of the bridge where you
could use Bass 4 3 2 3 4
Below you can see some examples using the chords of the verse and the chords of the chorus.
Everybody Hurts Guitar Lesson:
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Everybody Hurts Chord Chart:
Verse: All Chords played 2 measures
D G D G
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
D G D G (1)
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Walkdown - E(low) 3--2--0
Chorus:
Em A Em A
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries
Em A A(mute) D G
and everybody hurts sometimes
Verse:
D G D
Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
G D
When your day is night (hold on, hold on)
G D
If you feel like letting go
G D G (1)
If you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
Walkdown E(low) 3--2--0
Chorus:
Em A Em A Em A
Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts
Bridge:
F# Bm F# Bm F# Bm
Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your hand
C G C Am Am (mute)
when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
Verse:
D G D G
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
D G D G (1)
When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on
Walkdown E(low) 3--2--0
Chorus:
Em A Em
Well everybody hurts, sometimes
A Em A A(mute) D G
Everybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes
D G D G D
Everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on,
G D G D G
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
D G D G D G D G D G D (hold)
Everybody hurts You are not alone
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