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The Script – The Hurt Game Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of The Hurt Game by The Script on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D Em G

[Verse 1]
D
It’s been so long, been so much time
Em
The years have passed, but still, you’re on my mind
C G
So tell me, is it fake or just an illusion?
D
We’d make love, and then we’d fight
Em
Started blowing up like dynamite
C G
In the hurt game can’t win for losing

[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
‘Cause I’ve been doing the wrong things for the right reasons
D Bm A
Drinkin’ it all but drowned in the meaning
Em G A
Cuttin’ it off but still got the feeling

[Chorus]
D
And even though when I know that it’s over
Em C
Why am I still looking over my shoulder at you?
G
At you?
D
If we don’t forgive and forget and start over
Em C
Just know that nobody’s ever come closer than you
G
Than you
D
In the hurt game

[Verse 2]
D
From slamming doors, to keeping scores
Em
We walk through fire to get to water
C G
Got the kind of love you can’t explain
G
Oh, no

[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
‘Cause I’ve been doing the wrong things for the right reasons
D Bm A
Drinkin’ it all but drowned in the meaning
Em G A
Cuttin’ it off but still got the feeling

[Bridge]
G
Oh, whoa
D
The hurt game, we throw blame, the worst pain
Em
We love hard, we get scarred, it’s insane
C G
Can’t win for losing in the hurt game
In the hurt game
D
The hurt game, we throw blame, the worst pain
Em
We love hard, we get scarred, it’s insane
C G
Can’t win for losing in the hurt game
G D
In the hurt game

[Outro]
D
I know that you think that I’m drunk, but I’m sober
Em C
I know you told me I shouldn’t come over to you
C G
But I do
D
If we don’t forgive and forget and start over
Em C
Just know that nobody’s ever come closer than you (Than you)
G
Than you (Than you)
G
Oh, whoa
D
The hurt game, we throw blame, the worst pain
Em
We love hard, we get scarred, it’s insane
C G
Can’t win for losing in the hurt game
In the hurt game
D
The hurt game, we throw blame, the worst pain
Em
We love hard, we get scarred, it’s insane
C G
Can’t win for losing in the hurt game
G D
In the hurt game

How to play The Hurt Game: key, chords and progression

The Hurt Game by The Script is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: D, Em, G, C, Bm and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Em – C – G (V – vi – IV – I in G major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.