Song: Everybody Hurts 
Band: R.E.M.
Album: Automatic for the People (1992)
Tabbed by: Scott A. Yanoff (yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)
Corrections by: John S. Jacob (jsjacob@uclink.berkeley.edu)



Chords:

D   x x 0 2 3 2
G   3 2 0 0 3 3
Em  x 2 2 0 0 0
A   x 0 2 2 2 0
F#  2 4 4 3 2 2
Bm  x 2 4 4 3 2
C   x 3 2 0 1 0
C/B x 2 x 0 1 0
Am  x 0 2 2 1 0



Picking pattens:

     D                           G
e-|--------2-----------2------|--------3-----------3------|
B-|------3---3-------3---3----|------3---3-------3---3----|
G-|----2-------2---2-------2--|----0-------0---0-------0--|
D-|--0-----------0------------|---------------------------|
A-|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|--3-----------3------------|


     Em                          A
e-|--------0-----------0------|--------0------------------|
B-|----------0-----------0----|----------0----------------|
G-|------------0-----------0--|------2-----0-----2--------|
D-|------2-----------2--------|----2-----------2----------|
A-|----2-----------2----------|--0-----------0-----0------|
E-|--0-----------0------------|----------------------3-2--|



Intro:  D   G   D   G


D                      G          D
  When your day is long and the night
  
                     G   D
The night is yours alone

                             G              D
When you're sure you've had enough of this life

          G walk-down (see below)
Well hang on


     G           walk-down
e-|--------3------------------|
B-|------3---3-------3-----3--|
G-|----0-------0---0-----0----|
D-|---------------------------|
A-|---------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----2------|
hang on


Em                    A  Em
   Don't let yourself go

                A     Em
Cause everybody cries
   
              A     (tacit)
And everybody hurts

 D        G
Sometimes


                        D     G
Sometimes everything is wrong

                        D
Now it's time to sing along

                         G      D
When your day is night alone
                     (hold on, hold on)
                     
                         G     D
If you feel like letting go
                     (hold on)

                            G             D
If you think you've had too much of this life

          G walk-down
Well hang on


Em                 A     Em
   Cause everybody hurts

                       A     Em
Take comfort in your friends

          A
Everybody hurts


F#                   Bm  F#
   Don't throw your hand

      Bm F#                   Bm  C
Whoa now    don't throw your hand

                          G   C               C/B   Am  (tacit)
If you feel like you're alone no no no you're not alone


D                   G            D
  If you're on your own in this life

                         G   D
The days and nights are long

                             G              D
When you think you've had too much of this life

        G walk-down
To hang on


Em                A      Em
   Well everybody hurts sometimes

          A     Em
Everybody cries

              A     (tacit)
And everybody hurts

 D        G
Sometimes


              D      G
But everybody hurts sometimes

    D       G       D       G
So hold on hold on hold on hold on

 D       G       D       G
Hold on hold on hold on hold on

          D     G   D   G
Everybody hurts

              D   G   D   G   D   G
You are not alone



1