{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1030915,"song":"Be Careful Of My Heart","artist":"Tracy Chapman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1030915-be-careful-of-my-heart-chords-by-tracy-chapman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1030915?type=chord","rating":4.79214,"votes":33,"content":"Be Careful Of My Heart - Tracy Chapman\r\n\r\nBeautiful song and a sophisticated 4 chord trick!\r\n\r\nRIFF\r\n\r\n    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e -----1----------0----0------------------------|\r\nB ----3----3-----1----1----------0---------0----| Play twice for intro, then\r\nG ---2------2---2----0-----0------0---------0---| repeat all through the first\r\nD --0--------0-3-------------------0---0-----0--| 12 lines of the song.\r\nA ------------------3-----2-3-3-----2-3-3-------|\r\nE ----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nChords\r\n\r\n(You can hear she plays the open high 'e' on the album track. I recommend using your \r\nthumb for the low F.)\r\n       ^\r\n   [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e -1---0--0--3-|\r\nB -3---1--1--3-|\r\nG -2---2--0--0-|\r\nD -0---3--2--0-|\r\nA -x---3--3--2-|\r\nE -x---1--x--3-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou and your sweet smile\r\nYou and all you tantalising ways\r\nYou and your honey lips\r\nYou and all the sweet things that they say\r\nYou and your wild wild ways\r\nOne day you just up and walked away\r\nOh you left me hurting\r\nBut I can forgive you for that now\r\nYou taught me something\r\nSomething it took me have my life to learn\r\nWhen you give all yourself away\r\nJust tell them to be careful of your heart\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe careful of my heart, heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe careful of this heart of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe careful of my heart, heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt just might break and send some splinters flying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe careful of my heart, heart[/tab]\r\n             RIFF x1\r\nBe careful\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThought you took it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou, you, you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook my love,[/tab]\r\n                RIFF x 1\r\nNow you're gone\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n     I'm not breaking down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm not falling apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n     I just lost a little faith[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     When you broke my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n     Given a chance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI might try it again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would risk it all this time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'd save a little love for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nEnough for my heart to mend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA little love for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause one day I just might love again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome sweet smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   (B)[ch]C[/ch]\r\nMight turn my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day I just might blow myself away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    ([ch]B[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhere you see a '(B)' you can hear that she plays the C chord and drops the low C to a \r\nB, then back up. This is massively reinforced by the bass, but can be easily enough \r\nreplicated for playing on a solo acoustic.\r\n\r\nThis has been my first tab and I transcribed it from ear, so it's open to debate. I \r\nthink it's fairly accurate, I hope it helps.\r\n\r\nGood luck and thank you.","plain_text":"Be Careful Of My Heart - Tracy Chapman\n\nBeautiful song and a sophisticated 4 chord trick!\n\nRIFF\n\n    Dm         F    C\n\n\n\nChords\n\n(You can hear she plays the open high 'e' on the album track. I recommend using your \nthumb for the low F.)\n       ^\n   Dm  F  C  G\n\n\n\n\n\nYou and your sweet smile\nYou and all you tantalising ways\nYou and your honey lips\nYou and all the sweet things that they say\nYou and your wild wild ways\nOne day you just up and walked away\nOh you left me hurting\nBut I can forgive you for that now\nYou taught me something\nSomething it took me have my life to learn\nWhen you give all yourself away\nJust tell them to be careful of your heart\n\n\n\n\n\n\n             RIFF x1\nBe careful\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                RIFF x 1\nNow you're gone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere you see a '(B)' you can hear that she plays the C chord and drops the low C to a \nB, then back up. This is massively reinforced by the bass, but can be easily enough \nreplicated for playing on a solo acoustic.\n\nThis has been my first tab and I transcribed it from ear, so it's open to debate. I \nthink it's fairly accurate, I hope it helps.\n\nGood luck and thank you.","chords":["Dm","F","C","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}