The Cure - Torture: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Torture" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

    Dm
I'm in the room without a light
     F              C
The room without a view
     Dm
I'm here for one more treacherous night
  F                 C
Another night with you
   Dm
It tortures me to move my hands
     F            C
To try to move at all
    Dm
And pulled
My skin so tight it screams
       F
And screams and screams
     C
And pulls some more

Chorus:
Em
Hanging like this
        G
Like a vampire bat
Em
Hanging like this
        G
Hanging on your back
     Dm           F C
I'm helpless again

My body is cut and broken
It's shattered and sore
My body is cut wide open
I can't stand anymore

It tortures me to move my hands
To try to move at all
And pulled
My skin so tight it screams
And screams and screams
And screams some more

Chorus:
Hanging like this
Like a vampire bat
Hanging like this
Hanging on your back

Oh, it's torture
And I'm almost there
It's torture, oh
And I'm almost there

It's torture, oh, ho-ho
It's torture, oh, ho-ho
It's torture, oh, ho-ho
It's torture, oh, ho-ho
But I'm almost there


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Torture" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Torture" by The Cure.

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