Handle With Care Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	G
Capo:	no capo

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Handle With Care chords
Traveling Wilburys  1988 (George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan) **
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_with_Care_(song)
 
[Intro]
 
D C G G 2x
 
[Verse 1]
 
D         C      G
Been beat up and battered 'round,
D         C            G
been sent up, and I've been shot down
C                          G         Em
You're the best thing that I've ever found;
C       D       G
 handle me with care
 
[Verse 2]
 
D     C     G
Reputations changeable,
D   C      G
situations tolerable
C                 G   Em
But baby, you're adorable;
C               D
 handle me with care
 
[Bridge]
 
G      B7*      C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely,
G       B7        C       D
I still have some love to give
G         B7      C        D      G
Won't you show me that you really care?
 
[Chorus]
 
     C                        G
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on
         C                       D
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on
 
[Verse 3]
 
D                C             G
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled,
D         C          G
I've been robbed and ridiculed
C                       G     Em
In day care centers and night schools;
C       D       G
 handle me with care
 
[Guitar Solo]
 
D C G G 2x
 
[Verse 4]
 
D             C         G
Been stuck in airports, terrorized,
D       C         G
sent to meetings, hypnotized
C               G          Em
Overexposed, commercialized;
C               D
 handle me with care
 
[Bridge]
 
G      B7       C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely,
G       B7        C       D
I still have some love to give
G         B7      C        D      G
Won't you show me that you really care
 
[Chorus]
 
     C                        G
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on
         C                       D
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on
 
[Verse 5]
 
     D      C         G
I've been uptight and made a mess,
    D             C    G
but I'll clean it up myself, I guess
C             G           Em
Oh, the sweet smell of success;
C       D       G
 handle me with care
 
[Outro]
 
D C G G  2x
C   G Em
C D G G
 
D C G G  2x
 
*  Instead of B7 it has been suggested that G+ (Gaug) be used, or just B
 
** Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
D  = C
C  = Bb
G  = F
Em = Dm
B7 = A7
B  = A
 
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O.K. Chill. Go easy on this old dude here. Love this arrangement. Don't know a lot 'cept... whatever they appear to be strumming and/or picking isn't necessarily a/. What they played in the recording... or b/. Made the final mix. One thing for sure... these guys were having f.u.n. Do the same. Enjoy. I like these chords... they work well enough for me in accompaniment to the YouTube video? Guess what? I'm playing a B rather than the suggested B7 - it works for me. I'm a happy old dude. 'nuff sed.

Handle With Care The Traveling Wilburys INTRO D D/C G/B G5 D D/C G/B G5 D D/C G/B G5 Been beat up and battered 'round, D D/C G/B G5 been sent up, and I've been shot down C G5 Em You're the best thing that I've ever found; C D G5 handle me with care D D/C G/B G5 Reputations changeable, D D/C G/B G5 situations tolerable C G5 Em But baby, you're adorable; C D G5 handle me with care BRIDGE G5 Gaug C D I'm so tired of being lonely, G5 Gaug C D I still have some love to give G5 Gaug C D G5 Won't you show me that you really care CHORUS G7 C G5 Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on C D D/C D/B D Put your body, next to mine, and dream on D D/C G/B G5 I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled, D D/C G/B G5 I've been robbed and ridiculed Handle With Care 2 C G5 Em In day care centers and night schools; C D G5 handle me with care GUITAR SOLO D D/C G/B G5 Been stuck in airports, terrorized, D D/C G/B G5 sent to meetings, hypnotized C G Em Overexposed, commercialized; C D G5 handle me with care BRIDGE G5 Gaug C D I'm so tired of being lonely, G5 Gaug C D I still have some love to give G5 Gaug C D G5 Won't you show me that you really care CHORUS G7 C G5 Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on C D D/C D/B D Put your body, next to mine, and dream on D D/C G/B G5 I've been uptight and made a mess, D D/C G/B G5 but I'll clean it up myself, I guess C G5 Em Oh, the sweet smell of success; C D G5 handle me with care GUITAR SOLO Gaug= 321003 G5= 3X0033 Other= Chord/Base note

This is not in D, and it should end with a G.