Torn Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Torn chords and guitar lesson by Natalie Imbruglia. This is an absolutely amazing song and this lesson is going to focus on playing it like the original but without all the crazy barres chords!
This lesson is going to focus on a very syncopated rhythm and I'll show you how you can get percussive with it if you want to.
But I will admit, getting percussive on this song is much easier when you play it as all barre chords without a capo.
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Torn Guitar Chords:
Torn Strumming Patterns:
Easier Strumming Pattern:
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
DUDU D U D UD U D
Syncopated Strumming Pattern:
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
DUDU D U UD U D
An Asterisk (*) written beside a chord indicates
that you should play one down strum.
Torn Guitar Lesson:
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Torn Chord Chart:
INTRO:
C* C* C* C*
VERSE:
C C
I thought I saw a man brought to life
Em Em F
He was warm, he came around like he was dignified
F
He showed me what it was to cry
C C
Well you couldn't be that man I adored
Em Em
You don't seem to know
F
Don't seem to care what your heart is for
F
But I don't know him anymore
PRE-CHORUS:
Am
There's nothing where he used to lie
G
My conversation has run dry
Em
That's what's going on
G
Nothing's fine,
CHORUS:
C
I'm torn
G Am
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
F C
I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor
G Am
Illusion never changed, into something real
F C
I'm wide awake and I can see, the perfect sky is torn
G Am F
You're a little late, I'm already torn
VERSE:
C C
So I guess the fortune teller's right
Em Em
I should have seen just what was there
F
and not some holy light
F
But you crawl beneath my veins and now
PRE-CHORUS:
Am
I don't care, I have no luck
G
I don't miss it all that much
Em
There's just so many things
G
That I can't touch
CHORUS:
C
I'm torn
G Am
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
F C
I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor
G Am
Illusion never changed, into something real
F C
I'm wide awake and I can see, the perfect sky is torn
G Am F
You're a little late, I'm already torn
BRIDGE:
Am F Am Am C G
Torn... Ooooh... Hoo ooooh... Ooooh
PRE-CHORUS:
Am
There's nothing where he used to lie
G
My inspiration has run dry
Em
That's what's going on
G
Nothing's right
CHORUS:
C
I'm torn
G Am
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
F C
I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor
G Am
Illusion never changed, into something real
F C
I'm wide awake and I can see, the perfect sky is torn
G Am
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
F C
I'm cold and I am shamed, bound and broken on the floor
G Am F
You're a little late, I'm already torn
OUTRO
Am G G
Torn...
SOLO:
C G Am F x3
OUTRO SOLO: without capo on
e|-----------------|-10\5~~~~~--|-----------------|-10\5~~~~~--|
B|-6/13~~~~~--|-----------------|-6/13~~~~~--|-----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-10/13\10~\5~~--|------------------|-10\5~~~~~--|
B|-6/13~~~~~--|----------------------|--6/13~~~~~--|-----------------|
G|----------------|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|
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