Chords with lyrics
Be Careful Of My Heart - Tracy Chapman
Beautiful song and a sophisticated 4 chord trick!
RIFF
C majorC
e -----1----------0----0------------------------|
BB ----3----3-----1----1----------0---------0----| Play twice for intro, then
G+G ---2------2---2----0-----0------0---------0---| repeat all through the first
D MajorD --0--------0-3-------------------0---0-----0--| 12 lines of the song.
A augmentedA ------------------3-----2-3-3-----2-3-3-------|
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------|
Chords
(You can hear she plays the open high 'e' on the album track. I recommend using your
thumb for the low F.)
^
G+G
e -1---0--0--3-|
BB -3---1--1--3-|
G+G -2---2--0--0-|
D MajorD -0---3--2--0-|
A augmentedA -x---3--3--2-|
E MajorE -x---1--x--3-|
You and your sweet smile
You and all you tantalising ways
You and your honey lips
You and all the sweet things that they say
You and your wild wild ways
One day you just up and walked away
Oh you left me hurting
But I can forgive you for that now
You taught me something
Something it took me have my life to learn
When you give all yourself away
Just tell them to be careful of your heart
G+G
Be careful of my heart, heart
C majorC
Be careful of this heart of mine
G+G
Be careful of my heart, heart
C majorC
It just might break and send some splinters flying
G+G
Be careful of my heart, heart
RIFF x1
Be careful
DmDm
You, you, you
FF
You, you, you
C majorC
You, you, you
G+G
Took my love
C majorC
Thought you took it all
DmDm
You, you, you
FF
You, you, you
C majorC
You, you, you
G+G
Took my love,
RIFF x 1
Now you're gone
G+G
I'm not breaking down
C majorC
I'm not falling apart
DmDm
I just lost a little faith
C majorC
When you broke my heart
DmDm
Given a chance
C majorC
I might try it again
G+G
I would risk it all this time
DmDm
I'd save a little love for myself
FF
Enough for my heart to mend
C majorC
A augmentedA little love for myself
DmDm
Cause one day I just might love again
FF
One day
C majorC
Some sweet smile
(BB)C
Might turn my head
C majorC
One day I just might blow myself away
C majorC
One day
C majorC
One day
C majorC
One day
Where you see a '(BB)' you can hear that she plays the C majorC chord and drops the low C majorC to a
B, then back up. This is massively reinforced by the bass, but can be easily enough
replicated for playing on a solo acoustic.
This has been my first tab and I transcribed it from ear, so it's open to debate. I
think it's fairly accurate, I hope it helps.
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