Tender Heart Chords & Tabs
Note: + is a downbeat
^ is an upbeat
~ is vibrato
% is a sixteenth rest
h is a hammer on
Intro/Verse:
+ ^ + ^ + ^ + ^ +
e|---2----2--2---2-2-2-2----|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---2----2--2---2-2-2-2----|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---3----3--3---3-3-3-3----|2~--3--------------------------------------------|
D|---4--%-4--4-%-4-4-4-4----|2~--2-%------------------------------------------|
A|---4----4--4---4-4-4-4----|-------------------------------------------------|
E|---2----2--2---2-2-2-2----|-------------------------------------------------|
This riff is played during the majority of the song in unison between the two guitars.
Occasionally the second guitar will play this over the riff:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alejandro_escovedo/tender_heart_tab.html ]
e|-------------------------8~-|-------------------------------8~--10~---------|
B|---10-%-8-10-%-8-10-8h10----|10--%-8-10-%-8-10-%-8-10-8h10------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
or
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------2~-----| x2
D|---4-%-2-4-%-2-4-2-4-----4---|
A|---2---2-2---2-2-------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Chorus:
(Each chord is strummed once and sustained until the next chord)
A G# G F#
I got a dream do you wanna be in my dream
A G# G F#
I got a dream do you wanna be in my dream