Handle With Care

Handle With Care

SONG INFO

Handle With Care

  • Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer, Jay Wilson, Lucas Allen
  • Release Date: Tuesday, October 18, 1988 (37 years ago)
  • Original Key: A major
  • Performers: Tom Petty
  • Writers:
    • Bob Dylan
    • George Harrison
    • Jeff Lynne
    • Roy Orbison
    • Tom Petty
  • Producers:
    • George Harrison
    • Jeff Lynne
  • Record Label:
    • Wilbury Records
  • Recording Studio:
    • FPSHOT

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS


Been beat up and battered ’round
Been sent up, and I’ve been shot down
You’re the best thing that I’ve ever found
Handle me with care

Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, you’re adorable
Handle me with care

I’m so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won’t you show me that you really care?

Everybody’s got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on

I’ve been fobbed off, and I’ve been fooled
I’ve been robbed and ridiculed
In daycare centers and night schools
Handle me with care

Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Handle me with care

I’m so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won’t you show me that you really care?

Everybody’s got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on

I’ve been uptight and made a mess
But I’ll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: George Harrison / Jeffrey Lynne / Robert Dylan / Roy Orbison / Thomas Earl Petty
Handle with Care lyrics Β© BMG Rights Management

CHORDS


[Intro]
 
D C G G 2x
 
[Verse 1]
 
D         C      G
Been beat up and battered 'round,
D         C            G
been sent up, and I've been shot down
C                          G         Em
You're the best thing that I've ever found;
C      D       G
handle me with care
 
[Verse 2]
 
D     C     G
Reputations changeable,
D   C      G
situations tolerable
C                 G   Em
But baby, you're adorable;
C              D
handle me with care
 
[Bridge]
 
G      B7*      C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely,
G       B7*       C       D
I still have some love to give
G         B7*     C        D      G
Won't you show me that you really care
 
[Chorus]
 
     C                        G
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on
         C                       D
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on
 
[Verse 3]
 
D                C             G
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled,
D         C          G
I've been robbed and ridiculed
C                       G     Em
In day care centers and night schools;
C      D       G
handle me with care
 
[Guitar Solo]
 
D C G G 2x
 
[Verse 4]
 
D             C         G
Been stuck in airports, terrorized,
D       C         G
sent to meetings, hypnotized
C               G          Em
Overexposed, commercialized;
C              D
handle me with care
 
[Bridge]
 
G      B7*      C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely,
G       B7*       C       D
I still have some love to give
G         B7*     C        D      G
Won't you show me that you really care
 
[Chorus]
 
     C                        G
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on
         C                       D
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on
 
[Verse 5]
 
     D      C         G
I've been uptight and made a mess,
    D             C    G
but I'll clean it up myself, I guess
C             G           Em
Oh, the sweet smell of success;
C      D       G
handle me with care
 
[Outro]
 
D C G G 2x
C   G Em
C D G G
 
D C G G 2x
(fade out)
 
*Instead of B7 it has been suggested that G+ (Gaug) be used

SETLIST

  1. 1 Breakdown bp πŸ”
  2. 2 Honey Bee jw
  3. 3 American Girl πŸ”Ί bp πŸ”
  4. 4 Don’t Do Me Like That la πŸ”
  5. 5 Listen to Her Heart bp πŸ”
  6. 6 You Wreck Me jw πŸ”
  7. 7 Here Comes My Girl πŸ“š πŸ”Ί bp
  8. 8 Have Love Will Travel πŸ“š bp jw
  9. 9 Cabin Down Below πŸ“š bp
  10. 10 Yer So Bad bp πŸ”
  11. 11 Into the Great Wide Open bp πŸ”
  12. 12 You Don’t Know How It Feels la πŸ”
  13. 13 Saving Grace bp
  14. 14 Learning to Fly bp πŸ”
  15. 15 Runnin’ Down a Dream bp πŸ”
  16. 16 Room at the Top la
  17. 17 The Waiting πŸ”Ί bp πŸ”
  18. 18 Makin’ Some Noise πŸ“š jw
  19. 19 I Should Have Known It πŸ“š bp
  20. 20 Handle With Care πŸ“š bp jw la πŸ”
  21. β€” Lisa joins 21 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around πŸ“š bp
  22. 22 Insider bp ❌ * Mostly acoustic / with Lisa
  23. ** ACOUSTIC SET ** 23 A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) πŸ“š πŸ”Ί bp (acoustic – light band)
  24. 24 Crawling Back to You bp
  25. 25 Wildflowers πŸ“š la πŸ”
  26. band returns in pieces during: 26 Free Fallin’ πŸ“š πŸ”Ί bp πŸ”
  27. 27 I Won’t Back Down jw πŸ”
  28. 28 Walls bp
  29. 29 Don’t Come Around Here πŸ“š bp πŸ”
  30. 30 Change of Heart πŸ”Ί bp
  31. 31 It’s Good to Be King la
  32. 32 Mary Jane’s Last Dance bp πŸ”
  33. 33 End of the Line πŸ“š bp jw la
  34. 34 Love Is a Long Road πŸ“š πŸ”Ί bp
  35. 35 Built to Last πŸ”Ί bp
  36. 36 Trailer πŸ“š jw
  37. 37 Rebels bp
  38. 38 Refugee πŸ”Ί bp πŸ”
  39. 39 Something In the Air πŸ“š πŸ”Ί jw
  40. 40 I Need to Know πŸ“š πŸ”Ί bp
  41. 41 Time to Move On bp
  42. 42 A Higher Place πŸ“š jw
  43. 43 King’s Highway la ❌
  44. 44 You Got Lucky bp