CHORD LIBRARY

Play along It hurts, chord by chord.

Chords of: It hurts by: Lim Young-woong. (C#m, A, B, F#m) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “It hurts”

“It hurts” by Lim Young-woong is in A Major and runs at about 118 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 34 different chords across 152 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#m, A, B, F#m.

C#m is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 3:14 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C#m → F#m → B → F#m → C#m → Eb → Ab → C#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 8 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — A Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#m0:5327%
B0:189%
A0:179%
F#m0:147%
E0:126%
Abmaj70:116%
Ab70:105%
Ab0:084%

Chord progression, in order

C#m – Eb – Abm – C# – Eb6 – C#m – Ebm – Abm – C#m7 – Ab7 – C#m – F#m – B – E – Fdim – F#m – C#m – Eb – Ab – C#m – Ab7 – Emaj7 – C#m – E6 – B – E – Fdim – F#m – C#m – Emaj7 – Adim – Ab – Gm – Abmaj7 – F#/C# – Ab7 – Emaj7 – C#m – B/A – A/E – B – A/B – E – Fdim – F#m – A – C#m – Ab7 – …