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Heartbreaker - Grand Funk Railroad
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Tabbed by: Bryan Giordano
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords Used In The Song
BAGB
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)
BAG
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-----5-----3------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----7-----5------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-----7-----5------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse-
BmBm
Once I had a little girl,
AA
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)
BmBm
When memories do call,
AA
I just, I just can't live without her
GG
But tryin' all the time
B
Is so hard to bear
Chorus- Main Riff (with adding the extra note every so often)
BmA
Heartbreaker, can't take her,
GB
Heartbreaker, bringing me down.
BmA
Heartbreaker, can't take her,
GB
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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