Hard Habit To Break Chords by The Kills

Hard Habit To Break chords by The Kills

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
Jamie presses the pick onto the 12th (and 10th) fret and moves it a bit
to get the vibrato sound during the intro and 1st verse. You can also use
your finger and keep the string ringing through the vibrato.

e|---------------|
B|--12~----------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| x8
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Verse 1:
e|---------------|
B|--12~----------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| x4
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

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e|----------|------------|------------|----------|
B|--12~-----|-----\10~---|-/12~-------|--12~-----|
G|----------|------------|------------|----------|
D|----------|------------|------------|----------|
A|----------|------------|------------|----------|
E|----------|------------|------------|----------|

e|---------------|
B|--12~----------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| x8
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Chorus:
Played with a pick (strings muted)
e|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|---------9--7|--------9---|---------9--7|--------9---| x2
A|------9------|-----9------|------9------|-----9------|
E|-7-----------|------------|-7-----------|------------|


Interlude:
Played without a pick
The bass notes on the E string are played with the thumb (except for the 0 obviously)
and picked more than once throughout each bar (sometimes as fourth, sometimes as eighth).
e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/5---------|--------------|------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------7-9-|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------9-----|-9----------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7--------5-|

e|-------------|-------------|--------------|-7\---------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/7-------7-|-7------------|-7\---------|
G|-------------|-----9-7-9---|--------------|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7\---------|

Verse 2:
Played without a pick
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7-------7-|-7-------9-|-7---------|
D|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7---------|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------9-|
D|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7-------7-|-7-------9-|-7-------9-|
D|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7---------|
D|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7---------|


Chorus:
Played with a pick (strings not muted this time)
e|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|---------9--7|--------9---|---------9--7|--------9---| x2
A|------9------|-----9------|------9------|-----9------|
E|-7-----------|------------|-7\----------|------------|

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

Solo:
Jamie switches between amps/pedals several times during the solo to get different sounds
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| x6
A|---------------|
E|-7--10--7--10--|
each note picked 4 times

e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|-7\------------|-7-------------|
                  Jamie's machine gun pedal is used for this bar
                  (super fast delay with the Boss DD-3)

e|---------------|-------------|
B|---------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|-------------|
E|-10--10--9--9--|-7--7--5--5--|
again each note picked 4 times


e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|-7\------------|-7------7\-----|
                  again the machine gun for this bar

Chorus:
Played without a pick
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7---------|-7-------9-|-7---------|
D|-9-------9-|-9---------|-9-------9-|-9---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7---------|-7-------7-|-7---------|

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-7-------9-|-7-------9-|-7-------7-|-9-------9-|
D|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|-9-------9-|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|-7-------7-|

Bridge:
Played without a pick
The bass notes on the E string are played with the thumb (except for the 0 obviously)
and picked more than once throughout each bar (sometimes as fourth, sometimes as eighth).
e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/5---------|--------------|-7-------7\-|
G|-------------|-------------|----------7-9-|---9-7-9----|
D|-------------|-------------|--------9-----|------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7----------|

e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/7-------7-|-7------------|------------|
G|-------------|-----9-7-9---|---9-7-9-7----|-----9p7\---|
D|-------------|-------------|-----------9--|---9--------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7----------|

e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/5---------|--------------|-7-------7\-|
G|-------------|-------------|----------7-9-|---9-7-9----|
D|-------------|-------------|--------9-----|------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7----------|

e|-------------|-------------|-7------7-----|-7-----7----|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/7-------7-|-7------7-----|-7-----7----|
G|-------------|-----9-7-9---|--------------|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7----------|


e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/5---------|--------------|------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------7-9-|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------9-----|-9----------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7--------5-|

e|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/7-------7-|-7----------|------------|
G|-------------|-----9-7-9---|---9-7-9-7--|--------9\--|
D|-------------|-------------|------------|-9----------|
A|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7----------|-7----------|


e|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/5---------|--------------|-7-------7\-|
G|-------------|-------------|----------7-9-|---9-7-9----|
D|-------------|-------------|--------9-----|------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7------------|-7----------|

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
B|-------0-3-5-|-3/7-------7-|-7-----------|------------|
G|-------------|-----9-7-9---|----9-7-9-7--|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-9----------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7-----------|-7----------|

Outro:
Played without a pick
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
B|-0-----0-3-0-|-0-----------|-7-----------|------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----9-7-9-7--|------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-9-------9\-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
E|-3-----------|-0-----------|-7-----------|-7----------|

e|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
G|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|---------9--7|--------9---|---------9--7|--------9---|
A|------9------|-----9------|------9------|-----9------|
E|-7\----------|------------|-7-----------|------------|

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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