Barracuda chords by Heart

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Heart - Barracuda Edited by ttreweek
How to read this:
Beats:   1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4 5
     | E MajorE C majorC / / | C majorC / / / / |

Intro:
(Guitar Riff V.1)
  | E MajorE / / / | E MajorE  /  F#F# G+G | G+G / / / | G+G / / / |

Verse:
| E MajorE   /   /    /   |  / /  /  /  |  E MajorE  C majorC  /  /  |
 So this ain't the end - I saw you again today
| (5/4) C majorC  /  /  /  /  | (4/4) E MajorE     |  E MajorE        |
 I had to turn my heart away
| E MajorE   /   /    /   |  / /  /  /  |  E MajorE  C majorC  /  /  |
 Smile like the Sun - kisses for ev'ry one
| (5/4) C majorC  /  /  /  /  | (4/4) E MajorE     |  E MajorE        |
 and tales - it never fails!

Chorus:
|   C majorC           | E MajorE        |
   And if the real thing don't do the trick
|   C majorC           | E MajorE        |
   You better make up something quick
|   D MajorD           | D MajorD        |  A augmentedA      |
   You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
|   A augmentedA (tacet)       |
   Oooh, Barracuda?

Interlude:
  Main Guitar Riff x2 (second time with guitar/keyboard solo)
|E MajorE    |     F#F# G+G | G+G    |      | x2

Verse:
| E MajorE   /   /    /   |  / /  /  /  |  E MajorE  C majorC  /  /  |
 Back over time when we were all trying for free
| (5/4) C majorC  /  /  /  /  | (4/4) E MajorE     |  E MajorE        |
 you met up with porpoise and me
| E MajorE   /   /    /   |  / /  /  /  |  E MajorE  C majorC  /  /  |
 No right, no wrong; selling a song - a name
| (5/4) C majorC  /  /  /  /  | (4/4) E MajorE     |  E MajorE        |
 Whisper game.

Chorus:
|   C majorC           | E MajorE        |
   And if the real thing don't do the trick
|   C majorC           | E MajorE        |
   You better make up something quick
|   D MajorD           | D MajorD        |  A augmentedA      |
   You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
|   A augmentedA (tacet)       |
   Oooh, Barracuda?

Interlude:
   Guitar Riff V.2 x2
| E MajorE     |       |        |       |

Bridge:
| C majorC        | C majorC        |
 "Sell me sell you" the porpoise said
| A augmentedA        | A augmentedA        |  E MajorE       |
 Dive down deep, now. Save my head. You ...
| E MajorE        | E MajorE        |  E MajorE       | (Guitar Riff V.2 x2)
 I think that you got the blues too.
| C majorC        | C majorC        |
 All that night and all the next
| A augmentedA        | A augmentedA        |
 Swam without looking back
|(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  |(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  | (Guitar Riff V.3 x2)
 Made for the western pools -- silly, silly fools.

Solo:
|(4/4) C majorC / / / | C majorC  /  /  /  | A augmentedA / / /  | A augmentedA  /  /  /  |
|(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  |(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  | (Guitar Riff V.3 x2)
|(4/4) C majorC / / / | C majorC  /  /  /  | A augmentedA / / /  | A augmentedA  /  /  /  |
|(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  |(4/4) E MajorE / / / |(3/4) E MajorE /  /  | (Guitar Riff V.3 x2)

Chorus:
|       C majorC      |    E MajorE     |
   And if the real thing don't do the trick
|    C majorC         |    E MajorE     |
   You better make up something quick
|         D MajorD    |  D MajorD       |  A augmentedA      |
   You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
|    A(tacet)      |
   Oooh, Barracuda?

Solo:
||: E MajorE    :||

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