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Gene Pitney

Only Love Can Break A Heart

by Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney

Biography:

Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.

Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
"Only Love Can Break A Heart"
(Burt Bacharach - Hal David)

Intro:

[electric guitar w/tremolo]:

(G7) (Eb6)
v v v v v
-----7---8--10---|-8-|
-----------------|---|
-----7---8--10---|-8-|
-----------------|---|
-----------------|---|
-----------------|---|

Chorus 1:

Eb6 F
Only love can break a heart
Eb6 F13 F7 Bb
Only love can mend it again

Link (w/whistling):

Bb Dm Eb F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
(again)

Verse 1:

Bb Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb
Last night I hurt you
F
But darling
Bb Ab G7 [w/riff from intro]
Remember this

Chorus 2:

Eb6 F
Only love can break a heart
Eb6 F13 F7 Bb Bbmaj7 Bb7
Only love can mend it again hmm hmm

Verse 2:

You know I'm sorry
I'll prove it
With just one kiss

[repeat chorus 1]

Bridge:

Bb Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb Cm Bbmaj7
Give me a chance to make up for the harm I've done
Bb Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb C7
Try to forgive me, and let's keep
F Eb/F F Eb/F E/F F [N.C.]
The two of us one

Verse 3:

Please let me hold you
And love you
For always and always

Coda:

Eb6 F7
Only love can break a heart
Eb6 F13 F7 Bb Ab G7
Only love can mend it again

Eb6 F7
Only love can break a heart
Eb6 F13 F7 Bb
Only love can mend it again

[repeat to fade w/whistling:]

Bb Dm Eb F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers




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