Don’t break my heart    (intro)

 

    E - Am

 

                E          

1. You shoot me down in flames, you put me down a lot,

          Am

    I'm giving you my heart, go on, take it.

                       E

    Please be careful not to break it,

               Am                                                                                 

    just remember: It's the only one I've got, it's the only one I've (got).

       E                                Am

     Don't break my heart, don't break my heart,

       E

     don't break my heart.

 

             Am

2. You make me laugh a lot, and buy me silly things,

                 E

    and I'd rather be with you than anyone else.

          Am

     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.

 

  Am                              E

Don't break my heart, don't break my heart. (2x)

 

   Am

3.        Where are the roses and whispered sighs?

E

    where are the compliments and dreaming eyes?

Am

    It doesn't matter, you see, I know you love me,

             E 

    real basic love never dies.     + CHORUS

 

+ repeat verse 3     + CHORUS (2x) ….

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (UB40)