Handy Man Chords

Song: Handy man
Artist: James Taylor
Composers: Otis Blackwell and Jimmy Jones
Albums: JT / The best of James Taylor
 
Tabbed by DJ   8th Oct 2018
 
Original album version -
NO CAPO (Key of D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApZlNcbVA10
 
Live version -
CAPO at 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the live Key of E)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8eLAPolW8
 
[Bass note riff going into D chords,
  used in the Intro and Choruses]
               D
e|----------|--2------|
B|----------|--3------|
G|----------|---------|
D|----------|--0------|
A|---0-h2---|---------|  h = Hammer-on note
E|----------|---------|
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
D    = xx0232                 Em7   = 022030
A    = x02220                 F#m7  = 242222
Bm   = x24432                 Gsus4 = 320012
A/C# = x4222x                 D/F#  = xx4232
G    = 320003 or 320033       E/G#  = xx6454
G/B  = x20033                 Bsus2 = x24422
G/D  = xx0433 or xx0003
 
^ = Emphasise the beats
 
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
  D            A     Bm     D            A     Bm
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  D            A     Bm     D            A     Bm
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 1]
D
   Hey, girls, ...gather 'round,
A/C# Bm                                 A G
        Listen to what I'm putting down,  ...hey baby,
A       G/B   A/C#  D      G/D    A       D
I'm you han - dy  - man   | /_/ /_/  /  /_/ |
                            ^ ^   ^  ^    ^
D                             A         Bm
    I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule,
Em7           F#m7          Bm
    I'm handy with love and I'm no fool,
A     G
    I fix broken hearts,
  A           G/B   A/C# D      G/D A   D  D
I know that I tru - ly   can!  | /_/  /_/  /  / |
                                 ^ ^    ^  ^
[Verse 2]
   A/C#  G                      Gsus4     G
If your  ...broken heart should need re - pair,
     A        G/B A/C# D
Then I am the man to   see,
Em    D/F#     G
Yeah,     ...I whisper sweet things,
    Gsus4         G       D/F#
You tell all your friends,
E            D/F#  E/G#    A     Em7 D/F#
They'll come run - ning to me------------!
 
[Pre-chorus]
G           A               D
Here is the main thing that I want to say...
A/C# Bm           Bsus2       Bm
         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,
A      G         G/D
    I fix broken hearts,
  A           G/B   A/C# D      G/D    A
I know that I tru - ly   can!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |
                                 ^ ^   ^  ^
[Chorus]
D
    Come, a- come, a- come,
    A              Bm
A - come, a- come- come!  (Come!)
D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
D                              A              Bm
    Come, a- come, a- come, a- come, a- come- come!
         E            D/F#  E/G#    A     Em7 D/F#
Oh, now, they'll come run - ning to me------------!
 
[Pre-chorus]
G           A               D
Here is the main thing that I want to say...
A/C# Bm           Bsus2       Bm
         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,
A     G          G/D
    I fix broken hearts,
      A        G/B    A/C# D      G/D    A
Baby, I'm your hand - y    man!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |
                                   ^ ^   ^  ^
[Chorus]
D
    Come, a- come, a- come,
    A              Bm
A - come, a- come- come!  (Come!)
D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
D                              A              Bm
    Come, a- come, a- come, a- come, a- come- come!
D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
 
[Coda]
        D                                A
(That's me!)  Come, a- come, a- come, a- come!
         Bm                     D
A-come - come!  (I'm your handy man!)
D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
        D                                A
(That's me!)  Come, a- come, a- come, a- come!
         Bm                     D
A-come - come!  (I'm your handy man!)
D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
X