Here are the guitar tablatures for the songs on the Matters Of The Heart album:
01. Bang Bang Bang
02. So
03. I Used To Be A Sailor
04. The Love That You Had
05. Woman’s Work
06. If These Are The Things
07. Short Supply
08. Dreaming On A World
09. Open Arms
10. Matters Of The Heart
BANG BANG BANG GUITAR TABS [By David Ribeiro - Tracy Chapman - A Living Legend] Intro: G D C G (times) 4 4 6 2 G What you go and do D You go and give the boy a gun C Now there ain't no place to run to C G Ain't no place to run When he hold it in his hand He feel mighty he feel strong Now there ain't no place to run to Ain't no place to run One day he may come back Repay us for what we done Then where you gonna run to Where you gonna run C But one fine day Em All our problems will be solved Bang bang bang G D C C We'll shot him down Use the same chords for the other verses.
SO GUITAR TABS [By Enrique Moraño, emorano@hotmail.com, 2002 for https://www.about-tracy-chapman.net/] C: 032010 - - 335553 D: 000232 - 032030 - 557775 Em: 022000 Em': 779987 C D D C D D Em Em' Em' Em Em' Em' C D D C D D Em Em' Em' Em E|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----7--------5------7------5- B|---5---5---3---3---5---5---3---3----8-8------7------8-8----7-- G|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----9---9----7------9---9--7--- D|-------------------------------------------------------------- A|-------------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------------- D D C So you make a little money D Off of somebody else's sweat C So some people starve a little D While you get fat Em D D Em While you get fat D D C So you grind and grind D And you push and shove C And claim that those most worthy D Will get what they deserve Em D D Em What they deserve D D C It can't be true D D C It can't be true D D Em D Because I've seen too many hungry faces Em D I've seen too many with the likes of you Em D D C It can't be true D D Em Em' Em' Em D D C For you everything has it's price D You give nothing away for free C If silence were truly golden D I guess no one could sleep Em D D Em No one could sleep D D C You have money at your fingertips D People at your beck and call C And you're fool enough to think for a price D Em D D Em You can have the whole wide world D D C For all our sake's D D C And all our lives D D Em We must hope the words D That come from your lips Em D We must hope those words are lies D D C For all our sake's D D C And all our lives D D Em We must hope the dreams D Soulless visions that you have Em D Are never realized C So you've got a big house D And you drive a fancy car Em So what if your pockets are full D If you have an empty heart C You snap your fingers D And all the waters part Em So what if the people bow down D If they show you no regard C Your left hand D Always watches your right Em So what if you trust in God D If you can't sleep at night C You think you've made it D You think you've got what everyone wants Em So what if you're a big fat man D With an empty little heart D D C Who has made a little money D Off of somebody else's sweat C Who watched the people starve D While you got fat Em Em' Em' While you got fat Em D D You got fat Em Em' Em' Em You got fat
I USED TO BE A SAILOR GUITAR TABS D A I used to be a sailor D A Who sailed across the seas D But now I'm just an island G D A Since they took my boat away from me D G A I don't like being stationary D G A I like the rocky wavy motion of the sea D F I sit and rot behind these padded walls G Hoping one day they'll fall A And set me free He wrote his epitaph He wrote his eulogy He said: I think that I can die now My true love won't come for me I don't like... I used to be... I don't like... D A Set me free, set me free, set me free x3 1.Decorate the D chords with: E --2^3^2-0---0-- B ----------3---- 2.You can first play the D's as Dsus2, then add decoration. 3.Make chorus progression more elegant using: A -> A/C# -> D -> D/F# -> G. Now, A/C# is x42220 and D/F# is 2(00)232. Play D/F# with your thumb holding the bass E from above, and then finger the D like you normally do. OK. I pluck the whole song (at least the verses), so in the D pattern case, I pluck down the D chord then do the pattern: E -0-----0-------0-0-----2^3^2-0---0-------------- B -----2-------2-------3---------3---------------- G ---2-------2-------2---------------------------- D -----------------0------------------------------ A -0-------0--------------------------------------
THE LOVE THAT YOU HAD GUITAR TABS [By David Ribeiro - Tracy Chapman - A Living Legend] Notes: Capo on 2nd. Introduction: C Am G F G C C Am The love that you had G F G C In your heart is gone Am Any touch of sincerity G F G Am Any trace of compassion (Am) G F What hardened your heart? G Am What turned it to stone? G F What made you forget? G Am G C You were in love with someone C Am Your hands don't reach out G F G C Your voice doesn't call me Am I know you've stopped listening G F G Am Your eyes look straight through me G If nights are like this F G I'd rather be alone Am G Who said you could forget F G Am C You were in love with someone? Am G Tell me what hardened your heart F G Tell me what turned it to stone Am G Tell me what made you forget F G Am C You were in love with someone (Same as verse 1) Was I wrong to forgive Your indiscretions? Should I have been more hysterical Less understanding? (Same as verse 2) If you're looking for a villain Go on assume the role But don't say that it's my fault That you're not in love with someone Am G Tell me what hardened your heart F G Tell me what turned it to stone Am G Tell me what made you forget F G Am C You were in love with someone (Same as previous verse) Tell me there's someone in your life I'll fight to keep your for my own Tell me because I really want to know End in C Why you can't be in love with someone
OPEN ARMS GUITAR TABS [By David Ribeiro - Tracy Chapman - A Living Legend] Notes: Capo on 1st Introduction: C F G C F G F G C (C) If love is what you want F Baby here I am G If tenderness is what you need C I've got that to give If you need some affection F Baby these are open arms G F G C F G F Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms F G F You come home you've had a hard day G Every door you tried to open F Was closing in your face G I'm right here I'll be right here C F G C I'll embrace you I'll be open with my heart F I'll let you in G I'll be open with my thoughts C I'll be your best friend If you need some attention F Baby these are open arms G F G C Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms F G F G Every corner you turn F Trouble come your way G But when you get home I'll try to be there C And I'll embrace you F G These, these are F G These, these are F G These, these are C Open arms F G C If time is what you need F Baby I'll stop the clocks G If you're looking for something C Maybe I've got what you want If there's one thing to remember F Don't forget that these are open arms G F G C Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms F G These, these are F G These, these are F G These, these are C Open arms Open arms Open arms
MATTERS OF THE HEART GUITAR TABS Chords used: E, A A E A -----0-0------------------------------------------------ ---------3-2-0-------0-0---2---------------------------- -------------------------2------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- play it like this: combine plucking the chords and the pattern together, something like this: A E A -----0-0-------------------------0-0-------------------- ---------3-2-0-----0-0-0---2---------3-2-... and so on-- -----------------1-------2-----2------------------------ ---------------2-------------2-------------------------- ---------------------------0---------------------------- -------------0------------------------------------------
