Tabs
BREAK UP TO MAKE UP
As recorded by The Stylistics
(From the 1972 Album ROUND 2)
Words and Music by Thom Bell, Linda Creed & Kenneth Gamble
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Norman Harris - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Roland Chambers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=82(8=s8)
Amaj7Amaj7 B/A G#m7b5G#m7b5 C#7C#7
3/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
||--4-----4---|-7-----7---|-7------7---|-4-----4---|
||o-5-----5---|-7-----7---|-7------7---|-6-----6---|
||--6-----6---|-8-----8---|-7------7---|-4-----4---|
||--7-----7---|-7-----7---|-6------6---|-6-----6---|
||o-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs II, III (Clean El. Gtr. & Strings)
| Q Q Q H. Q Q. E MajorE H.
||------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||--1---------|-----------|----4-------|-----------|
||-----4--2---|-4---------|-4--------4-|-3---------|
||o-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
1.
F# minorF#m D#m7b5D#m7b5 G#7G#7
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-2-----2----|-4-----4----||
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-2-----2----|-4-----4---o||
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-2-----2----|-5-----5----||
|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|-1-----1----|-4-----4----||
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------o||
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H +E MajorE E MajorE H.
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------||
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------o||
|-2--1------|-----------|-1----(1)-2-|-1----------||
|-------4---|-2-----2---|------------|------------||
|-----------|----4------|------------|-----------o||
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------||
2.
A/BA/B G#7G#7
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|------------|-4-----4---|--4-----4---||
|-2-----2----|-4-----4---|--4-----4---||
|-2-----2----|-5-----5---|--5-----5---||
|-2-----2----|-4-----4---|--4-----4---||
|-2-----2----|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|------------||
|
| H +E MajorE E MajorE H. +H.
|------------|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|------------||
|-1----(1)-2-|-1---------|-(1)--------||
|------------|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Amaj7Amaj7 BB F# minorF#m Amaj7Amaj7 G# minorG#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
||--4----4---|------2---|-4----4---|-4----4---|
||o-5----5---|-4----2---|-5----5---|-4----4---|
||--6----6---|-4----2---|-6----6---|-4----4---|
||--7----7---|-4----4---|-7----7---|-6----6---|
||o----------|-2--------|----------|----------|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
Amaj7Amaj7 E/G# F# minorF#m BB
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------|
|-5----5---|-5----5---|-2----2---|-4----4---|
|-6----6---|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---|
|-7----7---|-6----6---|-4----4---|-4----4---|
|----------|----------|----------|-2----2---|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
Amaj7Amaj7 BB F# minorF#m Amaj7Amaj7 G# minorG#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-4----4---|------2---|-4----4---|-4----4---|
|-5----5---|-4----2---|-5----5---|-4----4---|
|-6----6---|-4----2---|-6----6---|-4----4---|
|-7----7---|-4----4---|-7----7---|-6----6---|
|----------|-2--------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
Amaj7Amaj7 E/G# F# minorF#m BB
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------||
|-5----5---|-5----5---|-2----2---|-4----4---||
|-6----6---|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---||
|-7----7---|-6----6---|-4----4---|-4----4---||
|----------|----------|----------|-2----2---||
|----------|----------|----------|----------||
Chorus
B/C# E/B F# minorF#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|----------|----------|-2----2---|
|-4----4---|-5----5---|-2----2---|
|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|
A/BA/B B7B7 EMaj7Emaj7
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-2-----2---|-----------|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|
|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|
|-----------|-2-----2---|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q H. H. H.
|-------4---|-2---------|-2---------|-4---------|
|----5--5---|-5---------|-4---------|-5---------|
|----6------|-----------|-----------|-4---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
C# minorC#m B/C# E/B F# minorF#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-4-----4---|----------|----------|-2----2---|
|-5-----5---|-4----4---|-5----5---|-2----2---|
|-6-----6---|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|
|-6-----6---|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---|
|-----------|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------|
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|
| H. W W W
|-4---------|----------|----------|----------|
|-5---------|----------|----------|----------|
|-6---------|----------|----------|----------|
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
A/BA/B B7B7 EMaj7Emaj7
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-2-----2---|-----------|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|
|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|
|-----------|-2-----2---|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|
| Q Q Q H. H. H.
|-------4---|-2---------|-2---------|-4---------|
|----5--5---|-5---------|-4---------|-5---------|
|----6------|-----------|-----------|-4---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Interlude
1. 2.
C# minorC#m C# minorC#m Amaj7Amaj7 B/A
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-4-----4----||-4-----4---||-4-----4---|-7-----7---|
|-5-----5---o||-5-----5---||-5-----5---|-7-----7---|
|-6-----6----||-6-----6---||-6-----6---|-8-----8---|
|-6-----6----||-6-----6---||-7-----7---|-7-----7---|
|-----------o||-----------||-----------|-----------|
|------------||-----------||-----------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| H. H. Q Q Q H.
|-4----------||-4---------||-----------|-----------|
|-5---------o||-5---------||-----------|-----------|
|-6----------||-6---------||-1---------|-----------|
|------------||-----------||----4--2---|-4---------|
|-----------o||-----------||-----------|-----------|
|------------||-----------||-----------|-----------|
G#m7b5G#m7b5 C#7C#7 F# minorF#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-7------7---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|
|-7------7---|-6-----6---|-2-----2---|
|-7------7---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|
|-6------6---|-6-----6---|-4-----4---|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|
| Q Q. E MajorE H. Q Q Q
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|----4-------|-----------|-2--1------|
|-4--------4-|-3---------|-------4---|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|
A/BA/B G#7G#7
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-2-----2---|------------|-4-----4---||
|-2-----2---|-2-----2----|-4-----4---||
|-2-----2---|-2-----2----|-5-----5---||
|-4-----4---|-2-----2----|-4-----4---||
|-----------|-2-----2----|-----------||
|-----------|------------|-----------||
|
| Q Q Q H +E MajorE E MajorE H.
|-----------|------------|-----------||
|-----------|------------|-----------||
|-----------|-1----(1)-2-|-1---------||
|-2-----2---|------------|-----------||
|----4------|------------|-----------||
|-----------|------------|-----------||
Out-Chorus
B/C# E/B F# minorF#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|----------|----------|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-5----5---|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---|-4-----4---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-------4---|
|----------|----------|----------|----5--5---|
|----------|----------|----------|----6------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
A/BA/B B7B7 EMaj7Emaj7 C# minorC#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-----------|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|
|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|-5-----5---|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-6-----6---|
|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|-6-----6---|
|-2-----2---|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-2---------|-2---------|-4---------|-4---------|
|-5---------|-4---------|-5---------|-5---------|
|-----------|-----------|-4---------|-6---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B/C# E/B F# minorF#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|----------|----------|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-5----5---|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-4----4---|-2----2---|-2-----2---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|-4----4---|-4-----4---|
|-4----4---|-2----2---|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|
| W W W Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-------4---|
|----------|----------|----------|----5--5---|
|----------|----------|----------|----6------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
A/BA/B B7B7 EMaj7Emaj7 C# minorC#m
H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE H e E MajorE
|-----------|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---*|
|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-4-----4---|-5-----5---*|
|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-6-----6---*|
|-2-----2---|-4-----4---|-2-----2---|-6-----6---*|
|-2-----2---|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-2---------|-2---------|-4---------|-4---------*|
|-5---------|-4---------|-5---------|-5---------*|
|-----------|-----------|-4---------|-6---------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Tell me whats wrong with you now
Tell me why I
Never seem to make ya happy
Though heaven knows I've tried
What does it take to please you
Tell me just how
I can satisfy ya woman your drivin me wild
Chorus
Break up to make up that's all we do
First you love me, then you hate me
That's a game for fools
Break up to make up that's all we do
First you love me, then you hate me
That's a game for fools
When I come home for working
Your on the phone
Talkin' bout how bad I treat ya
Now tell me I'm wrong
You say it's me and always
I say its you
We have got to get together or baby we're through