Tracy Chapman - Be careful of my heart
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Be Careful Of My Heart - Tracy Chapman
Beautiful song and a sophisticated 4 chord trick!
RIFF
Dm F C
e -----1----------0----0------------------------|
B ----3----3-----1----1----------0---------0----| Play twice for intro, then
G ---2------2---2----0-----0------0---------0---| repeat all through the first
D --0--------0-3-------------------0---0-----0--| 12 lines of the song.
A ------------------3-----2-3-3-----2-3-3-------|
E ----------------------------------------------|
Chords
(You can hear she plays the open high 'e' on the album track. I recommend using your
thumb for the low F.)
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Dm F C G
e -1---0--0--3-|
B -3---1--1--3-|
G -2---2--0--0-|
D -0---3--2--0-|
A -x---3--3--2-|
E -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
Be careful of my Fheart, heGart
Be careful of thisF heart of Cmine
Be careful of my Fheart, heGart
It just might break andF send some splinters fClying
Be careful of my Fheart, heGart
RIFF x1
Be careful
DmYou, you, you
FYou, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
Took my Flove G
Thought you took iFt allC
DmYou, you, you
FYou, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
Took my Flove, G
RIFF x 1
Now you're gone
G I'm not breaking down
I'Fm not falling apartC
Dm I just lost a little faith
F When you Cbroke my heart
Dm Given a chance
FI might try it aCgain
CI would risk it all this Gtime
I'd save a lDmittle love for myself
FEnough for my heart to mend
A lCittle love for myself
Cause one dGay I just might love agaiDmn
One daFy
Some sweet smilCe
(B)C
Might turn my head
Dm F C (B)C
One day I just might blow myself away
Dm F C (B)C
One day
Dm F C (B)C
One day
Dm F C (B)C
One day
Where you see a '(B)' you can hear that she plays the C chord and drops the low C 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.
Good luck and thank you.