Stop Hurting People chords by Pete Townshend

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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          Stop Hurting People – Pete Townshend
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Written by: Pete Townshend
From: “All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes” (1982)

CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
D MajorD   x-x-0-2-3-2
Bm7Bm7  x-2-0-2-3-2
Gmaj7Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
G6G6   3-x-0-0-0-0
Asus2Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-x
A5A5   x-0-2-2-x-x
Am7Am7  x-0-2-0-1-3
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
Dm/G  3-x-0-2-3-1
D/AD/A  x-0-4-2-3-5

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Verse 1:
| D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2 | D MajorD      Bm7Bm7
        A augmentedA love born once must soon be born again
 D MajorD
A augmentedA spark that burned, then died, leaving cinders
   Bm7Bm7
To be fanned by the wind and thrown to flame;
Gmaj7Gmaj7    G6G6    Asus2Asus2          A5A5
 Flames like tongues impassioned in a moment’s burst.
Gmaj7Gmaj7  G6G6         Asus2Asus2         A5A5
 Tell me friend - why do you stand aloof from your own heart?


Interlude:
| D MajorD | % | Bm7Bm7 | % |


Verse 2:
D MajorD
 The truth confronts you
Bm7Bm7
 The truth confronts you as the sea crushing without detail,
Gmaj7Gmaj7 G6G6  Asus2Asus2      A5A5
     Impassioned and detached,
Gmaj7Gmaj7       G6G6        Asus2Asus2  A5A5
   Killing with love and power in God's Name.

Chorus:
D MajorD
People, stop hurting people
D MajorD
People, stop hurting people


Middle 8:
Gmaj7Gmaj7
 Love conquers poses
Am7Am7      Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 :
 Love smashes stances
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7     Dm/G    | D/AD/A | A augmentedA | D/AD/A | A augmentedA |
  Love crushes angles into black.
  D/AD/A     A augmentedA          D/AD/A        A augmentedA
So you, without question, know your first love is your last
  D/AD/A    A augmentedA       D/AD/A   A augmentedA             D MajorD :
And you, will never – you’ll never – never – You’ll never love again


Verse 3:
D MajorD                    Bm7Bm7
 I always wished to walk with her into restaurants, (It’s a clammy tale).
       D MajorD
To be seen beside her at the public bar footrail
     Bm7Bm7
I always wanted to be matched with her
           Gmaj7Gmaj7        G6G6
Yet her beauty was so different to mine.
  Asus2Asus2      A5A5
My "beauty" needs an understanding
   Gmaj7Gmaj7  G6G6      Asus2Asus2 A5A5
And a knowledge of what I am.


Verse 4:
D MajorD               Bm7Bm7
Hers is enough. Earned through eons; for that is what true beauty is –
D MajorD                | Bm7Bm7 | % |
 Time's gift to perfect humility


Bridge:
D MajorD
May I be matched with you again
Bm7Bm7
 I know the match is bad
    D MajorD
But God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7Bm7
 I know the match is bad
    D MajorD
But God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7Bm7
 I know the match is bad
  D MajorD
God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7Bm7
 Without your match there is no flame


Interlude:
| D MajorD | % | Bm7Bm7 | % |
| D MajorD | % | Bm7Bm7 | % |


Chorus:
D MajorD
People, stop hurting people
Bm7Bm7
People, stop hurting people
D MajorD
People, stop hurting people
Bm7Bm7
People, stop hurting people
(repeat and fade)