Only Love Can Break A Heart

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART
W: Hal David
M: Burt Bacharach
Gene Pitney
Key: Bb

5 -5* -5*   4    -2  4   4  
On-ly love can break a heart 
4 -5* -5*   5   -5  5  5 -3*   
On-ly love can mend it a-gain

-3*   -3   3* 3*   3   4  -3* -3
Last night I hurt you but dar-lin’
3  -2  -1*  -1
Re-mem-ber this
4 -5* -5*   4    -2  4   4  
On-ly love can break a heart 
4 -5* -5*   5   -5  5  5 -3*   -3    3* 
On-ly love can mend it a-gain, hmm, hmm
-3*  -3   3*  3* 3
You know I’m sor-ry, 
 4    -3*  -3   3   -2  -1*  -1
I’ll prove it with just one kiss
4 -5* -5*   4    -2  4   4  
On-ly love can break a heart 
4 -5* -5*   5   -5  5  5 -3*   -3    3* 
On-ly love can mend it a-gain, hmm, hmm

 -3* 4 -5   -6   -5* -5  -5
Give me a chance to make up 
 5  -3*  -3   3    -3
for the harm I’ve done
-3* 5  -5   -6  -5* -5
Try to for-give me and 
 -5    5   -3* -3 -3* -3* 5
Let’s keep the two of us one.

  -3*  -3  3*  3*   3   5  -3*  -3 
Please let me hold you and love you 
3   3   -2  -5  4   -4
for al-ways and al-ways
5 -5*  -5*  5    -2  5   5
On-ly love can break a heart 
5 -5*  -5*  5   -5  5  5 -3*
On-ly love can mend it a-gain
5 -5*  -5*  5    -2  5   5
On-ly love can break a heart 
5 -5*  -5*  5   -5  5  5 -3*
On-ly love can mend it a-gain

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