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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.)
       ^
   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 this Fheart of Cmine
Be careful of my Fheart, heGart
It just might break and Fsend 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 FloveG  
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
     GI'm not breaking down
I'Fm not falling apartC  
     DmI just lost a little faith
     FWhen you Cbroke my heart
     DmGiven 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.

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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.)

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

F G

Be careful of my heart, heart

F C

Be careful of this heart of mine

F G

Be careful of my heart, heart

F C

It just might break and send some splinters flying

F G

Be careful of my heart, heart

RIFF x1

Be careful

You, you, you

C B C

()

You, you, you

F G

Took my love

F C

Thought you took it all

You, you, you

C B C

()

You, you, you

F G

Took my love,

RIFF x 1

Now you're gone

I'm not breaking down

F C

I'm not falling apart

I just lost a little faith

F C

When you broke my heart

Given a chance

F C

I might try it again

C G

I would risk it all this time

I'd save a little love for myself

Enough for my heart to mend

A little love for myself

G Dm

Cause one day I just might love again

One day

Some sweet smile

(B)

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.

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