Stop Hurting People

Written by: Pete Townshend
From: “All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes” (1982)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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

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)