Stevie Nicks - Stop draggin my heart around
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Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks
Written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell
Unedited single released 8 July 1981 from her debut solo album "Bella Donna"
Additional vocals by Tom Petty, musical backing by The Heartbreakers
Reached #3 on Billboard Hot 100, #2 on Billboard Mainstream Rock charts
Tab based on official video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG6SGDeCT88
Section times are for album track, Standard tuning, 107 BPM
[Chords]
Intro Riffs & Verse Chorus Interlude
A X0222X Em 02200X C X32010 D XX0232
Cadd9 X32033 G 3X000X D XX0232 Dsus4 XX0233
G/B X20033 A X0222X G/B X20033 Cadd9 X32033
G 320033
[Effects]
/ Slide up
\ Slide down
~ Vibrato
b Bend
r Release
p Pull off
[Intro] 0:00
A A Cadd9 G/B CAdd9 N.C.
[2 strums on each beat] [drum fill]
[Riff 1] 0:09
Em G A Em G A
e|-/12~~------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
B|------------|------10b12r10-8-10--|------------|-----------|
G|------------|---------------------|-9-9~~------|-----------|
D|------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
A|------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
E|------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
Em G A Em G A
e|-------10---|-----------|-------10---|-----------|
B|-----8------|-----------|-----8------|-----------|
G|---9--------|-----------|---9--------|-----------|
D|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
E|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
[Verse 1] 0:27
Baby, Emyou come knockin' on Gmy front Adoor,
EmSame old line you used to Guse beAfore,
EmI said, "Yeah, well Gwhat am I supposed to Ado?"
EmI didn't know what I was Ggettin' inAto.
[Chorus 1] 0:45
C So you've had a little Dtrouble in town,
C Now you're keepin' some Ddemon down,
C Stop draggin' my, D Stop draggin' my,
C [G/B C] C
Stop draggin' my heart around.
[Riff 2] 1:03
Em G A Em G A
e|-12~~-------|---------------------|------------|-------------------|
B|-[slightly--|------10b12r10-8-10--|------------|----8--------------|
G|--muted]----|---------------------|-9-9~~------|------9-7----------|
D|------------|---------------------|------------|----------9-7------|
A|------------|---------------------|------------|-------------10-7\-|
E|------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------|
[Verse 2] 1:12
Em It's hard to think about Gwhat you've Awanted,
Em It's hard to think about Gwhat you've Alost,
Em This doesn't have to be the Gbig get Aeven,
Em This doesn't have to be Ganything at Aall.
Em I know you really wanna Gtell me good-Abye,
Em I know you really wanna Gbe your own Agirl.
[Chorus 2] 1:39
C Baby, you could never Dlook me in the eye,
C Yeah, you buckle with the Dweight of the words,
C Stop draggin' my, D Stop draggin' my,
C [G/B C] C
Stop draggin' my heart around.
[Interlude] 1:58
Em G A
e|-----------|-------------|
B|-7~--------|-------------|
G|------9~---|-7~---7/9~---|
D|-----------|-------------|
A|-----------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|
D Dsus4 D Cadd9 G
e|-2------3-p2--------|-----------------|
B|-3------3-----3-----|-----3-------3---|
G|-2------2-------2---|-----0-------0---| [play 4 times]
D|-0----------------0-|---2---------0---|
A|--------------------|-3---------2-----|
E|--------------------|---------3-------|
[d u d d d d d u d d u]
A[2 strums on Aeach beat] Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 [
[Riff 3] 2:24
Em G A Em G A
e|-/12~~-------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
B|-------------|------10b12r10-8-10--|------------|-----------|
G|-------------|---------------------|-9-9~~------|-----------|
D|-------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
A|-------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
E|-------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|
[Verse 3] 2:35
N.C.
drum fill]Em There's people runnin' round Gloose in the Aworld,
Em Ain't got nothin' Gbetter to Ado,
Em Than make a meal of some Gbright eyed Akid,
Em You need someone lookin' Gafter Ayou.
Em I know you really wanna Gtell me good-Abye,
Em I know you really wanna Gbe your own Agirl.
[Chorus 3] 3:01
C Baby, you could never Dlook me in the eye,
C Yeah, you buckle with the Dweight of the words,
C Stop draggin' my, D Stop draggin' my,
C [G/B C] C
Stop draggin' my heart around.
[Outtro] 3:18
Em G A
Em G A Em G A
e|-------10---|-----------|------------------|---------------|
B|-----8------|-----------|------------------|---------------|
G|---9--------|-----------|------------------|---------------|
D|------------|-----------|------------------|---------------|
A|------------|-----------|------------------|---------------|
E|------------|-----------|------------------|---------------|
[ah ha] Stop draggin' my heart around.
Em G A Em G A
e|-------10---|---------------|------------------|---------------|
B|-----8------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
G|---9--------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
D|------------|-----/9--7-----|------------------|---------------|
A|------------|-----------9-7\|------------------|---------------|
E|------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
Stop draggin' my heart around.
Em G A Em G A
e|-------10---|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----8------|------10b12r10-10b12-|------------------|--------10b12r10-8-10--|
G|---9--------|------[quiet]--------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
[hey hey] Stop draggin' my heart around.
[fading]
Em G A Em G A Em
e|------------|---------------|-------10---------|---------------|-------10---|
B|------------|---------------|-----8------------|---------------|-----8------|
G|-9-9~~------|---------------|---9--------------|---------------|---9--------|
D|------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------|
A|------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------|
E|------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------|
[video] Stop draggin' my heart around.
[stops here] [fade to silence]
[End] 4:00