{title: Handle with care}
{artist: Traveling Wilburys}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 119}
{key: G}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[D] [D7] [G]
[D] [D7] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[D] Been beat [D7]up and [G]battered around
[D] Been sent [D7]up and I've [G]been shot down
[C] You're the best thing that [G/B]I've ever [Em]found
[C] Handle [D]me with [G]care
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[D] Repu[D7]tation's [G]changeable
[D] Situ[D7]ation's [G]tolerable
[C] But baby, you're a[G/B]dorable [Em]
[C] Handle me with [D]care
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[G]I'm so [G+]tired of [C]being [D]lonely
[G]I still [G+]have some [C]love to [D]give
[G]Won't you [G+]show me [C]that you [D7]really [G]care?
Every[C]body's got somebody to [G]lean on
Put your [C]body next to mine and [D]dream on
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{start_of_part: Verse 3}
I've [D]been fobbed [D7]off and [G]I've been fooled
[D] I've been [D7]robbed and [G]ridiculed
[C] In day care centers and [G/B]night [Em]schools
[C] Handle [D]me with [G]care
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{start_of_part: Mini-solo}
[D] [D7] [G]
[D] [D7] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
Been [D]stuck in air[D7]ports, [G]terrorized
[D] Sent to [D7]meetings, [G]hypnotized
[C] Overexposed, com[G/B]mercia[Em]lized
[C] Handle me with [D]care
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
I've [D]been up[D7]tight and [G]made a mess
But I'll [D]clean it [D7]up my[G]self, I guess
[C] Oh, the sweet [G/B]smell of suc[Em]cess
[C] Handle [D]me with [G]care
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{start_of_part: Out-solo, repeat, fade}
[D] [D7] [G]
[D] [D7] [G]
[C] [G/B] [Em]
[C] [D] [G]
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