Handle With Care
Travelling Wilburys (1988)
4/4 | D - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Connector Riff:
G D
A|-2---2-----0-2-3-|-5----
E|-3---------------|-2----
A|-2---------------|-2----
A|-0-----0---------|-2 ----
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 ...
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been beat [C] up and | [G][Riff] battered around |
| [D] Been set [C] up and I've | [G][Riff] been shut down |
| [C] You're the best thing that | [G] I've ever [Em] found |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
| [D] Repu- [C] tations | [G][Riff] changeable |
| [D] Situ- [C] ations | [G][Riff] tolerable |
| [C] But baby you're a- | [G] dora- [Em] ble |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
| [D] I've been fobbed [C] off and I've | [G][Riff] been fooled |
| [D] I've been [C] robbed and | [G][Riff] ridiculed |
In | [C] daycare centers and | [G] night [Em] schools |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Instrumental
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been stuck in [C] airports | [G][Riff] terrorized |
| [D] Sent to [C] meetings | [G][Riff] hypnotized |
| [C] Overexposed com- | [G] mercial- [Em] ized |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G↓]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
I've | [D] been up [C] tight and | [G][Riff] made a mess
But | [D] I'm cleaning [C] up my | [G][Riff] self I guess |
| [C] Oh the sweet | [G] smell of suc- [Em] cess |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Outro
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [C] | [G] [Em] | [C] [D] | [G] [G↓] |
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 9/19/22 JJ
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Travelling Wilburys (1988)
4/4 | D - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Connector Riff:
G D
A|-2---2-----0-2-3-|-5----
E|-3---------------|-2----
A|-2---------------|-2----
A|-0-----0---------|-2 ----
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 ...
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been beat [C] up and | [G][Riff] battered around |
| [D] Been set [C] up and I've | [G][Riff] been shut down |
| [C] You're the best thing that | [G] I've ever [Em] found |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
| [D] Repu- [C] tations | [G][Riff] changeable |
| [D] Situ- [C] ations | [G][Riff] tolerable |
| [C] But baby you're a- | [G] dora- [Em] ble |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
| [D] I've been fobbed [C] off and I've | [G][Riff] been fooled |
| [D] I've been [C] robbed and | [G][Riff] ridiculed |
In | [C] daycare centers and | [G] night [Em] schools |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Instrumental
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been stuck in [C] airports | [G][Riff] terrorized |
| [D] Sent to [C] meetings | [G][Riff] hypnotized |
| [C] Overexposed com- | [G] mercial- [Em] ized |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G↓]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
I've | [D] been up [C] tight and | [G][Riff] made a mess
But | [D] I'm cleaning [C] up my | [G][Riff] self I guess |
| [C] Oh the sweet | [G] smell of suc- [Em] cess |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Outro
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [C] | [G] [Em] | [C] [D] | [G] [G↓] |
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#Last Updated 9/19/22 JJ
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