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Shannon McNally – “The Worst Part of a Broken Heart”
From the record “Geronimo”
Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com), corrections and suggestions welcome!
Standard Tuning
CAPO 1
Chord explanations:
G – 330023
D – 2320xx
C – 01023x
Intro: [G] [D] [C] [G] x2
[G]He proposed on a Wednesday they were [D]married by Friday
[C]She tossed her bouquet down the [G]court house steps
[G]Little girl caught it, [D]caught it as it fell
[C]She looked up at her sister and said [G]I don’t hear the bells
[G]Aren’t they supposed to ring?
[D]Aren’t they supposed to sound?
[C]Don’t we have a party now
Hasn’t [G]something just been found?
And we’ll [G]make it [D]through the [C]first part of a [G]broken heart
Yes we’ll [G]make it [D]through the [C]worst part of a [G]broken heart.
GUITAR BREAK (play once)
???[C] [C/B] [C] [G]???
*** I’m really not sure if this part is correct. Please offer corrections/suggestions…***
What I do is play a C, walk down to C/B, and then play the fifth string open, hammer on the
second fret, play another quick C, and jump up to the G. Tabbed, it would look like something
like this:
----0------0------------------------3-----------
----1------1------------------------3-----------
----0------0------------------------0-----------
----2------0------------------------0-----------
----3------2------0h2-----3---------2-----------
----x-------------------------------3-----------
[G]What’s this notion of [D]forever for
[C]If not to save you from one more [G]slamming door?
[G]So she called her best friend just to [D]bitch for a while
[C]Somehow she always turns her [G]tears into smiles
She said [G]honey don’t cry, he don’t [D]deserve you anyway
[C]If it was that easy for him to just [G]walk away
And you’ll [G]make it [D]through the [C]first part of a [G]broken heart
Yes you’ll [G]make it [D]through the [C]worst part of a [G]broken heart
GUITAR BREAK – same as above, but play twice this time
[G]She lit a candle for her heart, a [D]joint for her head
She [C]poured herself a drink and she got [G]back in bed
And she [G]dreamed herself away, [D]dreamed herself back
[C]Dreamed herself in circles didn’t have no [G]heart attack
And when she [G]woke up in the morning she [D]went right back to school
[C]She didn’t feel like some loser she wasn’t [G]anybody’s fool
And she [G]made it [D]through the [C]worst part of a [G]broken heart
Yes she [G]made it [D]through the [C]worst part of a [G]broken heart
GUITAR BREAK, twice again
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025