Handy Man (Cifras)

Song: Handy man

Artist: James Taylor

Composers: Otis Blackwell and Jimmy Jones

Albums: JT / The best of James Taylor



Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)

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 Key of E)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8eLAPolW8



[Bass note riff going into D chords, used in Intro and Choruses]

                D

e |----------|--2------|

B |----------|--3------|

G |----------|---------|

D |----------|--0------|

A |---0-h2---|---------|      h = Hammer-on note

E |----------|---------|



N.B.

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automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:



D    = xx0232            G   = 320003 or 320033  F#m7  = 242222

A    = x02220            G/B = x20033            G4    = 320012

Bm   = x24432            G/D = xx0433 or xx0003  D/F#  = 2xx23x

A/C# = x4222x or x4xxxx  Em7 = 022030            E/G#  = 4xx45x

                                                 Bsus2 = x24422



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[Intro]

    D            A     Bm      D            A    Bm

||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :||[x2]



[Verse 1]

D

    Hey, girls, ...gather around,

A/C#  Bm

          Listen to what I'm putting down,

A  G              A      G/B  A/C#   D     G/D    A

      Hey, baby, 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                    A          G/B  A/C# D    G/D A   D  D

   I fix broken hearts, I know that I tru - ly can! |  /_/ /_/  /  / |

                                                       ^ ^   ^  ^

[Verse 2]

   A/C#  G                       G4        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                        G4              G   D/F#

Yeah,  ...I whisper sweet things, 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          A      G          G/D

         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,  ...I fix broken hearts,

   A          G/B  A/C# D     G/D    A

I know that I tru - ly can!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |

                               ^ ^   ^  ^

[Chorus]

D                               A              Bm

    Come, a- come, a- come, 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 I want to say...

A/C# Bm           Bsus2        Bm           A     G          G/D

         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,  ...I fix broken hearts,

      A        G/B  A/C# D     G/D    A

Baby, I'm your hand - y man!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |

                                ^ ^   ^  ^

[Chorus]

D                               A              Bm

    Come, a- come, a- come, 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    Bm

A-come - come--------,            yeah-----, yeah, yeah!  :|| [x2]

              (I'm your handy man!)