Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Song: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Transcribed by Wesley Torres
NOTES: Strum intro chords frantically, and slide between them.
intro:
G D Em Bm
I needed time to realize my crime
G D Em
It was let me love and steal
G D Em Bm
I did dances inside my mind
G D Em
now how can I be real?
chorus:
G D Em
Do you really want to hurt me
G D Em
Do you really want to make me cry
C G Am
No, I don't really want to hurt you
Bm
Then lovers always asked me why why why why
G D Em
In my mind my memory's burning
G D Em
What's your favorite color of your favorite car?
C G Am
I took a step the step was learning
Bm
That that's a step behind a step too far
G D Em
Do you really want to hurt me?
G D Em
Do you really want to make me cry?
C G Am
No I don't really want to hurt you
Bm
I told the truth but it was still a lie
bridge:
G C D Em
Ah Ah Ah Ah
G C D Bm
Ah Ah Ah Ah
G
G D Em
The words are few some are unspoken
G D Em
I could sleep for a thousand years
C G Am
Man of sorrows word unbroken
Bm
His sweat like blood came down like tears
G D Em
I've been talking but believe me
G D Em
I know that it's true now that there's no more I don't know
C G Am
I'm in love and love's the reason
Bm
I'm not prepared to let you let me go
C D C D
If it's love you want then take all of me
C D C D
It's this love I want I can finally see
G D Em
Do you really want to hurt me
G D Em
Do you really want to make me cry
C G Am
No, I don't really want to hurt you
Bm
Then lovers always asked me why why why why
G D Em
Do I really want to hurt you?
G D Em
Do I really want to make you cry?
C G Am
Yes I suppose I want to hurt you
Bm
You told the truth but it was still a lie
repeat: bridge