Nothin But A Heartache - The Doobie Brothers

Nothin But A Heartache

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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Nothin’ But A Heartache:
 
[Intro]
 
Gbm7 - E/G - A - A/Bb - A/B - C6
E/B - Am - A/Ab - A7b5/G - Gbm7 - A/B
x2
 
[Verse]
 
(E - B/E vamp) - (Gbm passing chord into verse)
 
G Gbm A/B E Abdim
So you tell him to say no more
A E/Ab Gbm7 A/B
You don’t wanna know why or when
G Gbm A/B E Abdim
Where he’s been all these lonely nights
A E/Ab Gbm7 A/B
You know what’s wrong and don’t care what’s right
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Gbm7 E/G A A/Bb A/B C6
As long as he comes back to you
C6 E/B Am A/Ab - A7b5/G - Gbm7 - A/B
Someone to love him all his life
 
[Chorus]
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B E B/Eb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B (E - B/E vamp)
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
 
[Verse]
G Gbm A/B E Abdim
Then as always there comes a day
A E/Ab Gbm7 A/B
When love just goes away
G Gbm A/B E Abdim
Where there’s no caring, no words to say
A E/Ab Gbm7 A/B
There’s no forgiving, no games to play
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Gbm7 E/G A A/Bb A/B C6
When all you know will get you through
C6 E/B Am A/Ab A7b5/G Gbm7 A/B
Seems like you’ve known it all your life
 
[Chorus]
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B E B/Eb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B E B/Eb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B E B/Eb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Dbm7 B A Gbm
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
AM7/B (E - B/E vamp)
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
 
[Bridge]
 
(E - B/E vamp) - (B/Db - Dbm7 vamp) - Am7 - CM9/D
 
[Chorus]
Em7 D C Am7
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
CM7/D G D/Gb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Em7 D C Am7
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
CM7/D G D/Gb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Em7 D C Am7
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
CM7/D G D/Gb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
Em7 D C Am7
It ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
CM7/D G D/Gb
Darlin’ you’ll get over it
 
Vamp to fade…
 
Tabbed by Bald McCartney

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