Handle with Care

Intro:
D D/C | G/B G  - x2

Verse 1:
D           D/C        G/B          G
  Been beat up and battered 'round.
D           D/C           G/B       G
  Been sent up, and I've been shot down.
C                            G          Em
  You're the best thing that I've ever found.
C         D7      G
  Handle me with care.

Verse 2:
D      D/C          G/B  G
  Reputations changeable.
D     D/C     G/B  G
  Situations tolerable.
C                G  Em
  Baby, you're adorable.
C                 D
  Handle me with care.

Pre-chorus:
G       Gaug     C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely.
G        Gaug      C       D
I still have some love to give.
 G          Gaug    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            D/C                  G/B         G
  I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled,
D            D/C        G/B      G
  I've been robbed and ridiculed
C                          G       Em
  In day care centers and night schools.
C         D7      G
  Handle me with care.

[Instrumental] = [Intro]

Verse 4:
 D            D/C        G/B        G
Been stuck in airports, terrorized.
D          D/C       G/B   G
  Sent to meetings, hypnotized.
C                  G     Em
  Overexposed, commercialized.
C         D7      G
  Handle me with care.

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus]

Verse 5:
      D      D/C       G/B        G
I've been uptight and made a mess
     D            D/C   G/B      G
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess.
C           G          Em
Oh, sweet smell of success.
C         D7      G
  Handle me with care.

Coda:
D D/C | G/B G  - x2
C | G Em | C D7 | G