LOVE HURTS- Incubus
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Tabbed by: Whitson
E-mail:mikewhitt11@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
*This is the acoustic version. The CD version is played differently*
Intro:
Slight distortion and reverb
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9------x------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9------x------x-x-x--x--x---|2x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
Verse 1:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9-------------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9-------------x-x-x--x--x---|4x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
Interlude:
e|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|--------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| (figure out strumming pattern and frequency.
D|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| These chords may or may not be accurate)
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9-------------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9-------------x-x-x--x--x---|2x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
Verse 2:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9-------------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9-------------x-x-x--x--x---|4x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9-------------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9-------------x-x-x--x--x---|2x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
Solo:(with interlude chords played behind)
e|----------10----10----10----12---12----12-12---12-----------------|
B|-11~-12-12---12----12---------15---15-------15--------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------12~-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------10----10----10---12---12---15-15-15p12------------------|
B|-11~-12-12---12----12--------15---15-------------12---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------12-------------------------------------------|
D|-14---14/12---12\14-----14----14/12---12\14-----------------12-12-|
A|--------------------------------------------14--14/12-12\14-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---8----------------------------------|---8----------------------------|
G|---0-------11-----11-11-12---9--9--10-|---0-------11-----6-6-6\-9--9---|
D|--9-9-------------x--x--x----x--x--x--|--9-9-------------x-x-x--x--x---|2x
A|-7-------12--12---12-12-12---10-10-10-|-7-------12--12---7-7-7\-10-10--|
E|-------10---------10-10-10---8--8--8--|-------10---------5-5-5\-8--8---|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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cody Wanna Be |
#1 by cody westermier at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:12 PM EST |
| "Is it a spell that I am under Keeping me from seeing the real thing" Personally, I see those lines, individually, as an inability to understand why he has not been successful thusfar in love. (Wondering if he's under a spell that has kept him from this realistic form of love- not this idealized, overdone form of it.) Though, how it connects to the song as a whole, I don't know. Perhaps he hasn't found love yet, but he's already in a state of understanding.. he is aware of love's holistic nature: how it will sometimes bring pain, but is generally beneficial to humans. | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#2 by Steve at Sep 27, 2007 at 5:50 PM EST |
| I agree with IncubusRulesAll. This song is wonderful. Can't wait for Light Grenades. :) My Incubus collection has awaited for this cd for a long time...feels like eternity since A Crow Left Of The Murder. :) | |
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Martin Lead Player |
#3 by Martin Endara at Sep 27, 2007 at 7:56 PM EST |
| "Love hurts… But sometimes it’s a good hurt And it feels like I’m alive" Easily the most impactive lines in the song (to me). He is aware that love is not all beauty and an endless happiness, but accepts this, and is searching for this attainable love. Not the idealistic, constantly talked about love, but a more realistic one. | |
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Dan Wanna Be |
#4 by Dan Z at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:55 AM EST |
| I think this song is gorgeous. He reflects that what he learned as a boy is that love doesn't steal, it isn't one sided. He's asking for truth in the person that he loves, because obviously he feels blind in love, wandering in a place that's different from what he learned as a boy. He wonders if it's a spell he's under keeping him from seeing the truth, that's why he's asking it from the other person. In the chorus he explains that love may hurt, but it makes him feel alive at times, and that's what he hangs onto. He reflects how beautiful love is and how badly he wants to reap the splendors because without it he won't survive. So it's almost as if he'll take love at all costs, having this idealistic view of love, though denying the realities of it. In the second chorus he reveals how vulnerable he feels with a melancholy "through my surface is loneliness and the rain." They're "drinking to youth" in the sense that he's searching for what he used to believe in, for what he had as a boy. Such is a situation I think we all find ourselves in. Creating our own ideas on what love should be, and when you're finally immersed in it, those ideas disappear and you begin to question everything. A "love is blind" thing. | |
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Emmanuel Average |
#5 by Emmanuel Morales at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:32 PM EST |
| Oh sorry, my interpretation. Sometimes the only proof that you're truly in love is when you feel that pain that you can only feel when you're in love, it hurts deep down in your heart. Therefore love sometimes the heart ache is a good thing, as the negative is a reassurance of the positive. Basically the song is about how easy it is to fall in love when your young, but as you go through relationships and have your heart broken so many times you shelter yourself against the bad feelings and inadvertantly the good feelings as well. As we grow older and go through many relationships, falling into TRUE love is far more difficult than it used to be, and the proof is usually in the pain. Love goes through a lot of hardships but when it makes it past all of that, it is absolutely divine. It's all about feeling true love. | |
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Doolittle Lead Player |
#6 by Doolittle at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:03 PM EST |
| the beginning of the song sounds like Sleep by The Dandy Warhols | |
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travis Wanna Be |
#7 by travis bass for D-Laid Reaction at Sep 28, 2007 at 8:52 PM EST |
| An absolutely ADORABLE song when it's acoustic [which is the only version of this ive heard] | |
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rob Wanna Be |
#8 by rob martin at Sep 28, 2007 at 10:01 PM EST |
| "It's fucking lovely." -- tommyhaych Quoted for emphasis. | |
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Garth Badass |
#9 by Garth "Fuckin" Rhodes at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:39 AM EST |
| Yeahh, I screwed 'em up too..Now the officials are out..We were both wayy off. | |
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FuckFace Wanna Be |
#10 by FuckFace at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:37 PM EST |
| brandon is basically telling us that love equals pain.when you love someone you succumb yourself to unearthly anxiety...but its that one time you feel what true love is,when you live in that moment that can`t be explained...it makes the hurt worth while.it makes you feel alive re: the chorus "love hurts but sometimes it`s a good hurt and it feels like i`m alive"............ "without love i won`t survive" | |
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Drake Average |
#11 by Drake Bergman at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:05 PM EST |
| MattC: Well duh the lyrics are wrong..it's from a bad quality recording! Very hard to comprehend what he's singing..haha.. I'll fix them with the lyrics provided at an official release party. | |
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Lex Average |
#12 by Lex Nafrodosze at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:14 AM EST |
| After a first listen this is my favorite song off the new album. | |
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Jon Badass |
#13 by Jon Coath at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:32 PM EST |
| maxpower, I believe you are mentally (and perhaps physically) handicapped. It's the best Incubus song in a long time ago, and easily the best on the album. Close your eyes and listen to the melody, and if you feel nothing I'm ashamed to have you as a fellow fan. | |
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Dale Average |
#14 by Dale Sharp at Sep 30, 2007 at 7:22 PM EST |
| brandon is basically telling us that love equals pain.when you love someone you succumb yourself to unearthly anxiety...but its that one time you feel what true love is,when you live in that moment that can`t be explained...it makes the hurt worth while.it makes you feel alive re: the chorus "love hurts but sometimes it`s a good hurt and it feels like i`m alive"............ "without love i won`t survive" 1 2 Next | |
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Merijn Badass |
#15 by Merijn at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:59 PM EST |
| I love this song but it loses its luster a little more quickly than the rest of the album. To me, it means love is scary and can freak you out, even hurt you, but you have to go with it. Sometimes you have to let the other person "try" you when you're freaked out. | |
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ChilDog Wanna Be |
#16 by ChilDog Unknown at Oct 1, 2007 at 5:21 PM EST |
| I bought Light Grendades a few weeks ago, and hadn't actually listened to it until last night, and I discovered this beautiful. It managed to find me at a dark spot in my life, and the lyrics are just awesome. Tonight we drink to youth And holding fast to truth I don’t want to lose what I had as a boy - He's toasting to youth, because he wants to keep the feeling of what he thought love was going to be like when he was a child. My heart still has a beat But love is now a feat As common as a cold day in LA - Now that he has lost his love, he feels as if he'll never find it again, hence "as common as a cold day in LA", because it's not something that would happen as commonly as it would in Sacramento. Sometimes when I’m alone, I wonder Is it a spell that I am under Keeping me from seeing the real thing? - Again he is wondering if he'll ever fall in love in his ideal way again. Love hurts… But sometimes it’s a good hurt And it feels like I’m alive -When you are broken hearted, sometimes even though it can be painful, just the thought of you being able to do something as wonderful as falling in love can make you feel good. Love sings When it transcends the bad things Have a heart And try me, ‘cause without love I won’t survive -When you are able to overcome a road block on the path to love it can show you just how powerful love can be. He feels that since love has failed him, he may never succeed in it, and he doesn't want that. I’m fettered and abused I stand naked and accused Should I surface this one man submarine? I only want the truth So tonight we drink to youth I’ll never lose what I had as a boy -He feels isolated, and still has many questions about what has happened. He needs to decide whether or not he should open up to others again. In the end he decides that he is not going to let the way he feels about love to go away. Sometimes when I’m alone, I wonder Is it a spell that I am under Keeping me from seeing the real thing? Love hurts… But sometimes it’s a good hurt And it feels like I’m alive Love sings When it transcends the bad things Have a heart and try me, ‘Cause without love I won’t survive | |
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rockeronbass Average |
#17 by rockeronbass at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:22 PM EST |
| Beautiful, so sweet, and affects anyone. | |
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something.. Average |
#18 by something.. at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:04 AM EST |
| Where are you hearing the whole song already? Please link me! | |
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Adam Average |
#19 by Adam at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:48 PM EST |
| this is most likely the weakest song on the album, sorry. these lyrics are not incubus. these metaphors are not original and used out, and it does not seem like a brandon song. | |
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Tyler Average |
#20 by Tyler Green at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:48 AM EST |
| This song means nothing to me. It is easily the worst from the new album and it distracts from an otherwise near perfect record...it is so cheesy. | |
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Ganondorf Average |
#21 by Ganondorf Dragmire at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:48 PM EST |
| this song confuses me...i think it's beautiful, but the chorus seems to be saying that love might hurt but it can be good, but the verses seem to give off a more negative view on love i.e. "Is it a spell that I am under Keeping me from seeing the real thing". if anyone can help explain what they think it means, i'd appreciate it. | |
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cody Average |
#22 by cody stipp at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:29 PM EST |
| Lyrics arent correct... Instead of "What I learned as a kid That love is not a thief " It's "The monster lies appete Love is not a fate" and instead of "Through my surface is loneliness and the rain" "Till' I surface, and stronger next time around" | |
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kenzie Wanna Be |
#23 by kenzie at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:56 AM EST |
| love hurts is about learning to let yourself love in this jaded world that we live in today, ex it is as common as a cold day in LA. in a place where half of all the marriages end in divorce and the other half are clearly not happy how do we find a love like we thought was possible when we where children? the pure true never ending fairytale love that is so good and so beautiful that is so intense that it, that is why "love hurts". | |
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jay Average |
#24 by jay snow at Oct 6, 2007 at 9:55 AM EST |
| This is my fave song off light grenades after 2 listens. It's fucking lovely. | |
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[matt] Average |
#25 by [matt] Anderson at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:57 PM EST |
| This is beautiful. I would elaborate on the meaning but... it means simply that Love Hurts. That is does horrible things to you and puts you in horrible places. | |
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