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Dont Break My Heart

Biography:

A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union.

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Don't Break My Heart - UB40
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

UB40
Don't Break My Heart (1985)

Bass riff
[G] [F7/G]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5---|------------5---|------------5---|--------5-------|
A|--------3-5-----|--------3-5-----|--------3-5-----|----3-5-----5---|
E|3-------------3-|----------------|3-------------3-|----------------|

The song is in G and the hypnotic bass line runs through the whole song.
I suggest to put on a capo (3rd fret) and play E.

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CHORDS

e-B-G-D-A-E
E 0-0-1-2-2-0
D7/E 2-1-2-x-2-0
Am/E 0-1-2-x-2-0
D/E 2-3-2-2-2-0
A/E 0-2-2-2-2-0

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Capo 3rd fret

Bass riff
[E] [D7/E]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------2---|------------2---|------------2---|--------2-------|
A|--------0-2-----|--------0-2-----|--------0-2-----|----0-2-----2---|
E|0-------------0-|----------------|0-------------0-|----------------|

INTRO
| E | % | D7/E | % |

E
You shoot me down in flames, you put me down a lot
D7/E
I'm giving you my heart, go on take it
E
Please be careful not to break it
D7/E Am/E
Just remember it's the only one I've got
Am/E [E]
It's the only one I've got

E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart

D7/E
You make me laugh a lot and buy me silly things
E
I'd rather be with you than anyone else
D7/E Am/E
But if you make me mad, but if you make me mad
E
You'll wish that you had not, you'll wish that you had not

D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart

D/E A/E
Where are the roses and whispered sighs
E
Where are the compliments and dreaming eyes
D7/E Am/E
It doesn't matter you see, I know you love me;
E D7/E Am/E
Real basic love never dies oooh

E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart

D/E A/E
Where are the roses and whispered sighs
[Don't break my heart]
E
Where are the compliments and dreaming eyes
[Don't break my heart]
D7/E Am/E
It doesn't matter you see, I know you love me;
E
Real basic love never dies

D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart
D7/E Am/E
Don't break my heart
E
Don't break my heart

| D/E | A/E | E | % |
| D/E | A/E | E | % |
| D7/E | Am/E | E | % |

(repeat and FADE)