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Heartbreaker — Grand Funk Railroad
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Tabbed by: Bryan Giordano
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords Used In The Song
Bm A G B
e|———————————————————————|
B|—7——5—-3—-2————————————————|
G|—7——6—-4—-3————————————————|
D|—9——7—-5—-4————————————————|
A|———————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————|
Intro and Main Riff-
Bm|Bm|A|A|G|G|B|B|
(When the chord seems to change pitch a little do this for each chord,
Add the extra note(in bold)… You can figure out when to add in the extra note)
Bm A G
e|———————————————————————|
B|-7——5——3——————————————————|
G|-9——7——5——————————————————|
D|-9——7——5——————————————————|
A|———————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————|
Verse-
Bm Bm
Once I had a little girl,
A A
Sometimes I think about her,
G G B(pick notes)
But, you know she’s not really there.
(Now play Main Riff and pick the notes)
Bm Bm
When memories do call,
A A
I just, I just can’t live without her
G G
But tryin’ all the time
B
Is so hard to bear
Chorus- Main Riff (with adding the extra note every so often)
Bm A
Heartbreaker, can’t take her,
G B
Heartbreaker, bringing me down.
Bm A
Heartbreaker, can’t take her,
G B
Heartbreaker, bringing me down.
Verse 2-
Fill 1
I don’t cry no more,
Fill 2
I live while I’m flying,
Fill 3
But I’ll think back, and you can hear me say:
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3
e|—————|—————|—————————-|
B|—————|—————|———————7—10b-7|
G|—7-9b-7——|—-7-9b-7——|—-7-9b-7-9-7-9-9b———|
D|-9———7~~~|—9———5~~~|—9————————-|
A|—————|—————|—————————-|
E|—————|—————|—————————-|
Chorus
Solo
e|———————————————————————
B|———————————————————7—10-7-10—
G|—-7-9br-7———7-9br-7———-7-9br7—-7-9-7-9b—————
D|—9———9~~~~—9———9~~~~—9———9————————
A|———————————————————————
E|———————————————————————
e|———————————————————————
B|-10b10b-7-10-7-10b-7-10-7-10b-7——————————7-10b—
G|———————————9-7-9b-7————7-9-9b-9b———
D|——————————————9-7-9-7-9——————-
A|———————————————————————
E|———————————————————————
e|-12b-10-12b———————————————————-
B|————12b-12b-10————————————————
G|————————11~~——————————————
D|———————————————————————
A|———————————————————————
E|———————————————————————
Now just finger the chords
Chorus- Solo over the chorus in B Pentatonic with extension
e|——————————7-9-10-12——————————
B|———————7-8-10-12—————————————-
G|————-7-9-11—————————————————
D|———7-9———————————————————
A|——7-9————————————————————-
E|7-10——————————————————————
Breakdown (fake ending part just strum Bm)
Bridge-
e|———————————————————————
B|———————————————————————
G|———————————————————————
D|———————————————————————
A|-9~~~~~~7~~~~~~5~~~~~4~~~~~——————————————
E|-7~~~~~~5~~~~~~3~~~~~2~~~~~——————————————
Composition-
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse (with Fills)
Chorus
Solo
Chorus (with solo)
Breakdown
Bridge (with solo)
Outro (strum Bm)
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend
| r release
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