Love Hurts – Incubus
Suttle changes in guitar structure can have a large impact to the overall feel of a song. At first look, the guitar tab for Love Hurts by Incubus seems to be a repeating chord pattern, but once you stop and research further into the chord changes you start to see small, but very important root note changes that make a C-major-chord and an A-minor-chord have an impact on how the singer Brandon Boyd changes the notes on the end of the of each of the verses.
This is a great structure for learning how to pick and strum a guitar for a beginning guitarist, it is slow enough to keep up, yet has enough pace to force you to pay attention and keep in time. Incubus has no problem keeping things simple, and have really found the style of music they enjoy, and it shows.
Enjoy playing along to this simple guitar song whether you have an acoustic or electric. Incubus uses both in this song, and you will get a chance to match up nicely with voicings of the strings regardless of your choice of instrument……….
Em Bm D A
e|————-|——–|—————–|—————|
b|—0—–0-|——–|——7—7–8-|-5—-5–7—–|
G|——0—–|—–7-|——7—7–7-|-5—-5——–|
D|————-|—–7-|——7———-|—————|
A|-7———-|—5—|-(0)–5-5——-|—————|
E|————-|-7—–|——————|-5–5———-|
Em Bm A C
e|————-|——–|—-5—5X5—–|–3—3X3——-|
B|—0—–0-|——–|—-5—5X5—–|–5—5X5——-|
G|——0—–|—–7-|—-6—6X6—–|–5-5-5X5——|
D|————-|—–7-|—-7-7-7X7—-|–5-5-5X5——|
A|-7———-|—5—|—-7-7-7X7—-|–3-3-3X3——|
E|————-|-7—–|—-5-5-5X5—–|—————|
(repeat with drums)
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Verse 1|
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Em Bm D
Tonight we drink to youth
Am Em
and holding fast the truth
Bm D Am
don’t want to lose what i had as a boy
Em Bm D
my heart still has a beat
Am Em
but love is now a feat
Bm D C
as common as a cold day in L.A.
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Refrain|
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Am
sometimes when I’m alone I wonder
C
is there a spell that I am under
Am C D
keeping me from seeing the real thing
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Chorus |
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D Am
but sometimes it’s a good hurt
Em Bm A-C
and it feels like I’m alive
D C
when it transcends the bad things
Em Bm
out of heartache, try me
A C
cause without love I won’t survive
Instrumental : Em
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Verse 2| Walter Michael De la Cruz Rockz
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Bm D Am
should I surface, this one man submarine
Am Em
so tonight we drink to youth
Bm D C
I never lose what I had as a boy
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Refrain|
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Am
sometimes when I’m alone I wonder
C
is there a spell that I am under
Am C D
keeping me from seeing the real thing
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Chorus |
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D Am
but sometimes it’s a good hurt
Em Bm A-C
and it feels like I’m alive
D C
when it transcends the bad things
Em Bm
out of heartache, try me
A C
cause without love I won’t survive
Adlib: Em-Bm-D-C;
Em-Bm-A-C
Am-C
Am-C-D
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Chorus | guitar only
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D Am
but sometimes it’s a good hurt
Em Bm A-C
and it feels like I’m alive
(with drums)
D C
when it transcends the bad things
Em Bm
out of heartache, try me
A C
cause without love I won’t survive
Em Bm D Am
Love hurts ooohhhhhhh ohhhhhh
Em Bm A C
love hurts cause without love I won’t survive
Em Bm D C
Love hurts ooohhhhhhh lalala lalala
Em Bm A C Em
love hurts cause without love I won’t survive
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