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Everybody Hurts

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AI reference · supporting evidence Fingerpicked · 6/8 · about 94 BPM

The strongest consensus is a standard-tuned, capo-free D-major arrangement in compound 6/8. The core accompaniment is a repeating arpeggio rather than continuous strumming: a bass note followed by upper chord tones, commonly described as bass–3–2–1–2–3. The intro and verses use D/G arpeggios; the chorus uses Em/A arpeggios; the bridge shifts to F#/Bm and then C/G with a broader, more chordal or power-chord-like treatment. The outro can continue the verse arpeggio into the fade. Tempo sources disagree mainly because some notate the dotted-quarter pulse at about 63 BPM, while guitar resources count eighth notes or use a different beat convention and report about 94 BPM. For audio alignment, approximately 63 dotted-quarter BPM—or approximately 94 eighth-note BPM—is the safer interpretation.

Intro: D–G, repeated twice: strings 4-3-2-1-2-3 Verses: D–G accompaniment: strings 4-3-2-1-2-3 Chorus: Em–A: strings 6-3-2-1-2-3
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Key
F
Tempo
94 BPM

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B | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 · full bar · Applies to: All sections

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[Intro]|  |  |  |  ||  |  |  |  |[Verse 1]|  |  |  |  |When the day is long|  |  |  |  |and the night, the night is yours alone|  |  |  |  |When you're sure you've had enough|  |  |  |   |of this life, hang on[Chorus 1]|  |  |  |  |Don't let yourself go,|  |  |  |  |'cause everybody cries|  |  |  |  | |And everybody hurts|  |  |Sometimes|  |  |  |  |sometimes everything is wrong,|  |  |  |  |now it's time to sing along[Verse2]|  |  |  |  |When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)|  |  |If you feel like letting go (hold on)|  |  |  |  |When you think you've had too much|  |  |  |   |of this life, well hang on[Chorus]|  |  |  |  |  'Cause everybody hurts,     |  |  |  |  |take comfort in your friends|  |  |  |  |Everybody hurts[Bridge]|  |   |  |  |     Don't throw your hand,  |  |   |  |  |   oh    no |  |   |  |  |        Don't throw your hand|  |  |  |  |    When you feel like you're alone     |  |   |  |  |No, no, no, you're not alone[Verse 3]|  |  |  |  |         If you're on your own, in this life, |  |  |  |  |the days and nights are long|  |  |  |  |            When you think you've had too much, |  |  |  |  |of this life,   to hang on[Chorus]|  |  |  |  |        Well, everybody hurts,  |  |  |  |  |  sometimes everybody cries|  |  |  |  |        Everybody hurts...     |  |  |  |  |  sometimes[Verse 4/Outro]|  |  |  |  |         Everybody hurts, sometimes |  |  |  |  |so hold on, hold on, hold on|  |  |  |  |  |  Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on|  |  |  |  |  Everybody hurts      No, no, no, no, no...|  |  |  |  |  |  |You're not alone(fade out)