Heartbreaker Chords & Tabs
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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:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grand_funk_railroad/heartbreaker_tab.html ]
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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