• Song:

    Be Careful Of My Heart

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    Crossroads

RIFF

    D5         F5    C5

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.)
       ^
   D5  F5  C5  G5

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

                 F5        G5
Be careful of my heart, heart
                  F5         C5
Be careful of this heart of mine
                 F5        G5
Be careful of my heart, heart
                       F5                     C5
It just might break and send some splinters flying
                 F5        G5
Be careful of my heart, heart
             RIFF x1
Be careful

D5
You, you, you
F5
You, you, you
C5               ( B5 ) C5
You, you, you
        F5     G5
Took my love
                  F5    C5
Thought you took it all


D5
You, you, you
F5
You, you, you
C5               ( B5 ) C5
You, you, you
        F5     G5
Took my love,
                RIFF x 1
Now you're gone

G5
     I'm not breaking down
  F5                  C5
I'm not falling apart
D5
     I just lost a little faith
F5             C5
     When you broke my heart
D5
     Given a chance
F5               C5
I might try it again
C5                        G5
I would risk it all this time


            D5
I'd save a little love for myself
F5
Enough for my heart to mend
   C5
A little love for myself
           G5                        D5
Cause one day I just might love again
      F5
One day
               C5
Some sweet smile
                   (B5 ) C5
Might turn my head
    D5         F5    C5        ( B5 ) C5
One day I just might blow myself away
    D5      F5    C5    ( B5 ) C5
One day
    D5      F5    C5    ( B5 ) C5
One day
    D5      F5    C5    ( B5 ) C5
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.
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