Rascal Flatts | What Hurts The Most

If you love country? This is definitely one you want in your arsenal. This is one of my favorite songs. When it came out in 2006 I had to learn it right away. Many of us have been in relationships where this hits home.

The range is quite high on this one. So, it could be difficult to sing. However, if you’re male and you take your voice down an octave it still sounds great. But, if you can? Try and sing it like the original. It has much more power.

Here Brandon Slavinski has an “awesome” tutorial with the actual chord diagrams and up close angels on playing this one. Really the only tough part of the song is getting the hammer on’s down. Just take it slow and you’ll get it.

Rascal Flatts | What Hurts The Most

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capo 1st fret
Intro - Em - D - Cadd9 = 2x's
Em7              D                       Cadd9
 I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house,
             D
That don't bother me,
Em7                D                          C
 I can take a few tears now and then and just let em out,
     D(no5)    Cadd9
I'm not       afraid to cry every once in awhile,
(D)         Em7                               (D)
even though goin on with you gone, still upsets me,
Cadd9
there are days every now and again, I pretend I'm ok,
              D
But that's a not what gets me
(Chorus)
Em                  D - Cadd9
   What hurts the most,      was being so close,
G                          C-D
 and having so much to say,    and watching you walk away,
Em                D - Cadd9
   And never knowin',        what could've been,
G                         Dsus4         D             Em7 - D - Cadd9
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do
Em7                            D                     Cadd9
   It's hard to deal with the pain of losin you everywhere I go,
          D
But I'm doin' it,
Em7                          D                       Cadd9
   It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone,
        D
Still harder,
Cadd9                                 (D)
gettin up, gettin dressed, livin with this regret,
    Em7                      (D)   Cadd9
But I know if I could do it over,     I would trade, give away
                                                 D
all the words that I saved in my heart that I left unspoken
(Chorus)
Em                  D - Cadd9
   What hurts the most,      is being so close,
G                         C-D
 and having so much to say,   and watching you walk away,
Em                D - Cadd9
   And never knowin',        what could've been,
G                         Dsus4         D              C-D-C-
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do
                        Hey
(lead - Em - D - Cadd9  -  Em - D - Cadd9)
(Chorus)
Em                  D - Cadd9
   What hurts the most,      was being so close,
G                           C   D                             D#m - Em < --walk
 and having so much to say,(to say)  and watching you walk away,
Em                D - Cadd9
   And never knowin',        what could've been,
G                     C    D                   G      Cadd9
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do,
                          D                              Em7 - D - Cadd9 = 2x's
And not seein that lovin you, That's what I was tryin to do.