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{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] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_chorus} {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 {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Mini-solo} [D] [D7] [G] [D] [D7] [G] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Out-solo, repeat, fade} [D] [D7] [G] [D] [D7] [G] [C] [G/B] [Em] [C] [D] [G] {end_of_part}