Biography:
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for the singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", and "Give Me One Reason." She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy award-winning artist.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio,U.S., Tracy Chapman began playing guitar and writing songs as a child. She received a scholarship through A Better Chance that allowed her to attend Wooster School in Connecticut, and was eventually accepted to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
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Other songs:
- Across The Lines
- Another Sun
- Baby Can I Hold You
- Bang Bang Bang
- Bridges
- Change
- Fast Car
- Fast Car Intro
- For My Lover
- Give Me One Reason
- Goodbye
- Less Than Strangers
- Mountain O'things
- Say Hallelujah
- Talkin Bout A Revolution
- Talkin' About A Revolution
- Telling Stories
- The Promise
- 3000 Miles
- All That You Have Is Your Soul
- Almost
- America
- At This Point In My Life
- Be And Be Not Afraid
- Be Careful Of My Heart
- Before Easter
- Born To Fight
- Broken
- Cold Feet
- Crossroads
- Devotion
- For You
- Freedom Now
- Happy All I Can Feel
- Heavens Here On Earth
- I Am Yours
- If Not Now
- Its Ok
- Lose Your Love
- Loves Proof
- Material World
- Mountains O Things
- Never Yours
- New Beginning
- O Holy Night
- Only One
- Open Arms
- Paper Ink
- Promise
- Save Us All
- Shes Got Her Ticket
- Sing For You
- Smoke And Ashes
- So
- Speak The Word
- Spring
- Subcity
- Talk To You
- Tell It Like It Is
- This Time
- Tracy Chapman
- Wedding Song
- Why
- Youre The One
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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
Dm
You, you, you
F
You, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
F G
Took my love
F C
Thought you took it all
Dm
You, you, you
F
You, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
F G
Took my love,
RIFF x 1
Now you're gone
G
I'm not breaking down
F C
I'm not falling apart
Dm
I just lost a little faith
F C
When you broke my heart
Dm
Given a chance
F C
I might try it again
C G
I would risk it all this time
Dm
I'd save a little love for myself
F
Enough for my heart to mend
C
A little love for myself
G Dm
Cause one day I just might love again
F
One day
C
Some sweet smile
(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.
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
Dm
You, you, you
F
You, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
F G
Took my love
F C
Thought you took it all
Dm
You, you, you
F
You, you, you
C (B)C
You, you, you
F G
Took my love,
RIFF x 1
Now you're gone
G
I'm not breaking down
F C
I'm not falling apart
Dm
I just lost a little faith
F C
When you broke my heart
Dm
Given a chance
F C
I might try it again
C G
I would risk it all this time
Dm
I'd save a little love for myself
F
Enough for my heart to mend
C
A little love for myself
G Dm
Cause one day I just might love again
F
One day
C
Some sweet smile
(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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