Stop Hurting People chords by Pete Townshend

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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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   x-x-0-2-3-2
Bm7  x-2-0-2-3-2
Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
G6   3-x-0-0-0-0
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-x
A5   x-0-2-2-x-x
Am7  x-0-2-0-1-3
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
Dm/G  3-x-0-2-3-1
D/A  x-0-4-2-3-5

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Verse 1:
| D  Dsus2 | D      Bm7
        A love born once must soon be born again
 D
A spark that burned, then died, leaving cinders
   Bm7
To be fanned by the wind and thrown to flame;
Gmaj7    G6    Asus2          A5
 Flames like tongues impassioned in a moment’s burst.
Gmaj7  G6         Asus2         A5
 Tell me friend - why do you stand aloof from your own heart?


Interlude:
| D | % | Bm7 | % |


Verse 2:
D
 The truth confronts you
Bm7
 The truth confronts you as the sea crushing without detail,
Gmaj7 G6  Asus2      A5
     Impassioned and detached,
Gmaj7       G6        Asus2  A5
   Killing with love and power in God's Name.


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


Middle 8:
Gmaj7
 Love conquers poses
Am7      Bbmaj7 :
 Love smashes stances
Bbmaj7     Dm/G    | D/A | A | D/A | A |
  Love crushes angles into black.
  D/A     A          D/A        A
So you, without question, know your first love is your last
  D/A    A       D/A   A             D :
And you, will never – you’ll never – never – You’ll never love again


Verse 3:
D                    Bm7
 I always wished to walk with her into restaurants, (It’s a clammy tale).
       D
To be seen beside her at the public bar footrail
     Bm7
I always wanted to be matched with her
           Gmaj7        G6
Yet her beauty was so different to mine.
  Asus2      A5
My "beauty" needs an understanding
   Gmaj7  G6      Asus2 A5
And a knowledge of what I am.


Verse 4:
D               Bm7
Hers is enough. Earned through eons; for that is what true beauty is –
D                | Bm7 | % |
 Time's gift to perfect humility


Bridge:
D
May I be matched with you again
Bm7
 I know the match is bad
    D
But God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7
 I know the match is bad
    D
But God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7
 I know the match is bad
  D
God help me - May I be matched with you again
Bm7
 Without your match there is no flame


Interlude:
| D | % | Bm7 | % |
| D | % | Bm7 | % |


Chorus:
D
People, stop hurting people
Bm7
People, stop hurting people
D
People, stop hurting people
Bm7
People, stop hurting people
(repeat and fade)