Torn chords

by Natalie Imbruglia
  • Torn was written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven and Phil Thornalley from the band Ednaswap.
  • Natalie released the song October 27, 1997 (Australia, UK) and February 3, 1998 (US) from her album Left Of The Middle.
  • Music: F Major in 4/4 time at 96 bpm (𝅗𝅥)
  • Chords: F, Fsus4, C, C7sus4/F, Am, B♭7, B♭, Dm
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note
F Major F Major Fsus4 C7sus4/F Am F Major Bb7 C Major Dm
F Major F Major Fsus4 C7sus4/F Am F Major Bb7 C Major Dm

Torn

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
                F           Fsus4            F          C7sus4/F
Intro: 4/4  ‖      |  𝄎  |         |  𝄎  |      |  𝄎  |           ‖

 F 
1. I thought, I saw a man brought to life
 Am                                        Bb7
   He was warm, he came a-round and he was dig-ni-fied

   He showed me what it was to cry

 F   
2. Well, you could-n't be that man I a-dored
 Am                                               Bb7
   You don't seem to know, seem to care what your heart is for

   But I don't know him any-more

                    Dm
Pre Chorus: There's noth-ing where he used to lie
          C
            The con-ver-sa-tion has run dry
         Am                         C
            That's what's go-ing on
                                 F
            Noth-ing's fine, I'm torn

                       C                       Dm
Chorus: I'm all out of faith     This is how I feel
                          Bb                            F
        I'm cold and I am shamed    Ly-ing naked on the floor
                          C                           Dm
        Il-lu-sion ne-ver changed    In-to some-thing real
                           Bb                               F
        I'm wide awake and I can see     The perfect sky is torn
                        C                      Dm    Dm   C    Bb
        You're a little late   I'm al-rea-dy | torn |   -    |     |  𝄎  |

 F
3. So I guess the fortune teller's right
 Am                                                   Bb7
   Should have seen just what was there, and not some ho-ly light

   It crawled be-neath my veins and now

              Dm
Pre Chorus 2: I don't care, I had no luck
            C
              I don't miss it all that much
           Am                            C
              There's just so many things
                                    F
              That I can touch, I'm torn
                
                       C                       Dm
Chorus: I'm all out of faith     This is how I feel
                          Bb                             F
        I'm cold and I am shamed     Ly-ing naked on the floor
                          C                            Dm
        Il-lu-sion ne-ver changed     In-to some-thing real
                           Bb                                F
        I'm wide awake and I can see     The per-fect sky is torn
                        C                        Dm    Dm   C    Bb
        You're a little late     I'm al-rea-dy | torn |   -    |     |  𝄎  |


         Dm     Dm   C   Bb       Dm             Dm    F         C
Bridge:| Torn |    -   |    | 𝄎 | Ooo | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | oo  | ooh | 𝄎 | Oooh | 𝄎 |

                      Dm 
Pre Chorus 3: There's noth-ing where he used to lie
            C
              My inspiration has run dry
           Am                        C
              That's what's going on
                                   F
              Nothing's right, I'm torn
              
                       C                       Dm
Chorus: I'm all out of faith     This is how I feel
                          Bb                              F
        I'm cold and I am shamed     Ly-ing naked on this floor
                          C                            Dm
        Il-lu-sion ne-ver changed     In-to some-thing real
                           Bb                                F
        I'm wide awake and I can see     The per-fect sky is torn
                       C                       Dm
        I'm all out of faith     This is how I feel
                           Bb                                  F
        I'm cold and I'm a-shamed     Bound and bro-ken on the floor
                         C                        Dm           Bb
        You're a lit-tle late     I'm al-rea-dy | torn |  𝄎  |    |  𝄎  |
         Dm            C          C
       | Torn |  𝄎  |     |  𝄎  | Oh...|  𝄎  |

          F           C             Dm            Bb
Outro: |     |  𝄎  |     |   𝄎   |      |  𝄎  |      |  𝄎  |...repeat to fade

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