tabbed by sirshoelace
figure 1
D C G
----2-2---0-0----0-0--------- |
----3-3---3-3----3-3--------- |
----2-2---2-2----0-0--------- |
--0---0---0-0----0-0--------- |
--------3---3--2---2-----2-3- |
---------------------3-3----- |
figure 2
D C G
----2-2---0-0----0-0--------- |
----3-3---3-3----3-3--------- |
----2-2---2-2----0-0--------- |
--0---0---0-0----0-0--------- |
--------3---3--2---2-----0-2- |
---------------------3-3----- |
****alternate
this is how i play it, but the willburys would strum each cord only
once, then where i have the second strum they would only play the bass
note, then on to the next bass note like i have
then the rest of the song is just straight chords
//Intro:
play figure 1 twice
//verse
figure 1
Been beat up and battered around
figure 2
been set up and i've been shut down
C G ( Em )
you're the best thing that i ever found
C D G
handel me with care
1
Reputations changeable,
2
situations tolerable
C G ( Em )
but baby you're adorable
C D G
handle me with care
//Chorus:
G B7 C D
I'm so tired of being lonely
G B7 C D
I still have some love to give
G B7 C D G
wont you show me that you really care
C G
everybody's got somebody to lean on
C D
put your body next to mine and dream on
//verse
1
i've Been fucked up and i've been fooled
2
i've been robbed and ridiculed
C G ( Em )
in daycare centers and night schools
C D G
handle me with care
Figure 1 x 2
1
Been stuck in airports terrorized
2
sent to meetings hypnotized
C G ( Em )
overexposed commercialized
C D G
handle me with care
//Chorus
G B7 C D
I'm so tired of being lonely
G B7 C D
I still have some love to give
G B7 C D G
wont you show me that you really care
C G
everybody's got somebody to lean on
C D
put your body next to mine and dream on
//verse
1
I've been uptight and made a mess
2
but i'm cleaning up myself i guess
C G ( Em )
oh the sweet smell of success
C D G
handle me with care
