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Passenger – Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Dm G C F x3
Dm Dm G G

[Verse 1]
              Dm      G
I know you're sad and scared,
    C                   F
and you can't find your way
    Dm                G
Overwhelmed, underprepared,
C                F
have no words to say
        Dm                   G
So many friends in so many places,
       C                    F
so many young and beautiful faces
                 Dm
But none of them hurt,
                 G
and none of them hurt

[Verse 2]
              Dm       G
I know you're sick and tired
   C                F
of long and winding roads
          Dm               G
Places to be and people to see,
    C                      F
but never sure of where to go
        Dm               G
So many ways and so many choices,
       C                   F
so many sweet and soothing voices
             Dm
None of them hurt, no,
             G
none of them hurt

[Chorus]
F             C
  For nothing aches
                Am
  like a broken heart
      D7                  F
Lying awake in the lonely dark
        C
Nothing aches likе a
       Am         D
broken heart, oh, heart
F            C              Am
Don't try to lovе again too soon
               D7              F
You're rubbing salt in an open wound
        G                   C
Nothing aches like a broken heart

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[Instrumental]
Dm G C F
Dm Dm G G

[Verse 3]
                     Dm
Now you're trying to find what you've
G         C                   F
lost, but don't know where to turn
       Dm           G
Single mind, double-crossed,
     C                F
with all your bridges burned
        Dm                G
So many roads and so many plans,
        C               F
so many warm and loving hands
                 Dm
But none of them hurt, no,
             G
none of them hurt

[Chorus]
F             C
  For nothing aches
                Am
  like a broken heart
        D7                F
Lying awake in the lonely dark
        C
Nothing aches likе a
       Am         D
broken heart, oh, heart
F            C              Am
Don't try to lovе again too soon
               D7              F
You're rubbing salt in an open wound
        G                   C
Nothing aches like a broken heart

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[Instrumental]
Dm G C F x3
Dm Dm G G

[Chorus]
    F             C
Well, for nothing aches
              Am
like a broken heart
      D7                  F
Lying awake in the lonely dark
        C
Nothing aches like a
       Am      D
broken heart, heart
F              C              Am
  Don't try to love again too soon
               D7
You're rubbing salt
           F
in an open wound
        G                   Am
Nothing aches like a broken heart
Dm            G
  No, nothing aches
                C
  like a broken heart

How to play Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart by Passenger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart by Passenger, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 7 chords: Dm, G, C, F, Am, D7 and D.

Most of the song cycles through Dm – G – C – F (ii – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.