Standard (EADGBE)

figure 2

****alternate

this is how i play it, but the willburys would strum each cord only

once, then where i have the second strum they would only play the bass

note, then on to the next bass note like i have

then the rest of the song is just straight chords

//Intro:

play figure 1 twice

//verse

figure 1

Been beat up and battered around

figure 2

been set up and i've been shut down

you're the best thing that i ever found

handel me with care

1

Reputations changeable,

2

situations tolerable

 but baby you're adorable

handle me with care

//Chorus:

I'm so tired of being lonely

I still have some love to give

wont you show me that you really care

 everybody's got somebody to lean on

 put your body next to mine and dream on

//verse

1

i've Been fucked up and i've been fooled

2

i've been robbed and ridiculed

in daycare centers and night schools

handle me with care

Figure 1 x 2

1

Been stuck in airports terrorized

2

sent to meetings hypnotized

overexposed commercialized

handle me with care

//Chorus

I'm so tired of being lonely

I still have some love to give

wont you show me that you really care

 everybody's got somebody to lean on

 put your body next to mine and dream on

//verse

1

I've been uptight and made a mess

2

but i'm cleaning up myself i guess

oh the sweet smell of success

handle me with care