Be Careful Of My Heart

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 .