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Don t Break My Heart - UB40
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
UB40
Don t Break My Heart (1985)
Bass riff
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e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5---|------------5---|------------5---|--------5-------|
A|--------3-5-----|--------3-5-----|--------3-5-----|----3-5-----5---|
E|3-------------3-|----------------|3-------------3-|----------------|
The song is in G and the hypnotic bass line runs through the whole song.
I suggest to put on a capo (3rd fret) and play E.
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
0-0-1-2-2-0
/ 2-1-2-x-2-0
0-1-2-x-2-0
2-3-2-2-2-0
0-2-2-2-2-0
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Capo 3rd fret
Bass riff
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e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------2---|------------2---|------------2---|--------2-------|
A|--------0-2-----|--------0-2-----|--------0-2-----|----0-2-----2---|
E|0-------------0-|----------------|0-------------0-|----------------|
INTRO
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You shoot me down in flames, you put me down a lot
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I m giving you my heart, go on take it
Please be careful not to break it
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Just remember it s the only one I ve got
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It s the only one I ve got
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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You make me laugh a lot and buy me silly things
I d rather be with you than anyone else
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But if you make me mad, but if you make me mad
You ll wish that you had not, you ll wish that you had not
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
Where are the roses and whispered sighs
Where are the compliments and dreaming eyes
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It doesn t matter you see, I know you love me;
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Real basic love never dies oooh
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
Where are the roses and whispered sighs
[Don t break my heart]
Where are the compliments and dreaming eyes
[Don t break my heart]
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It doesn t matter you see, I know you love me;
Real basic love never dies
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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Don t break my heart
Don t break my heart
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(repeat and FADE)