Unchain my heart
Joe Cocker [Greatest hits album]
Bass Tabs
Tempo: 118 bpm – Key: Am - Tuning: EADG
[INTRO]: (Piano + vocals)
Am Dm
Unchain my heart, baby... let me be
Am E7
'cause you don't care, ... so please
Am
Set me free
00:31 “Slap n’ pull”
G|----------------------------||-
D|----------------------------||-
A|-0000000000-0000000000rr----||-
E|------------------------/5r-||-
[VERSE 1]: 00:33
G|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
A|---------------|x3|-------3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E|-55-00-3-4-5r--| |-55-0~---------||---------------|-
Am
Unchain my heart, Baby let me go
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-55-33-5-3-----||---------------||---------------|-
E|-----------5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm Am
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't love me no more
G|---------------||----------------|-
D|---------------||----------------|-
A|------33-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------|- X2
E|-55------------||---------8-7-5r-|-
Dm Am
Every time I call you on the phone
Dm Am
Some fellow tells me that you're not at home
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D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-----3-/-8r-7~-||-7-8-7---------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||-------8-7-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
F7 E7 Am D Am
Unchain my heart, set me free
>>> [VERSE 2]
[VERSE 2]: 01:06
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D|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
A|---------------|x3|-------3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E|-55-00-3-4-5r--| |-55-0~---------||---------------|-
Am
Unchain my heart, Baby let me be
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-55-33-5-3-----||---------------||---------------|-
E|-----------5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm Am
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't care about me
G|---------------||----------------|-
D|---------------||----------------|-
A|------33-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------|- X2
E|-55------------||---------8-7-5r-|-
Dm Am
You got me sewed up like a pillowcase
Dm Am
But you let my love go to waste
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|----3r-/-8r-7~-||-7-8-7---------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||-------8-7-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
F7 E7 Am D Am
Unchain my heart, set me free
[CHORUS 1]: 01:38
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D|---------------||---------------||----------------||---------------|-
A|------3r-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||---------------||---------8-7-5r-||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm Am
I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance
G|---------------||---------------||----------------| |---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||----------------| |---------------|-
A|------3r-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-3r--5--7r---| |---------------|-
E|-55------------||---------------||----------------| |-//////////5r--|-
Dm E7
Oh, but you know damned well that I don't stand a chance
STOP
/ Slide... Or Play
G|---------------| |----------------|-
D|---------------| |----------------|-
A|---------------| |-7-8-7----------|-
E|-//////////5r--| |--------8-7/5r--|-
[VERSE 3]: 01:55
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D|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
A|---------------|x3|-------3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E|/55-00-3-4-5r--| |-55-0~---------||---------------|-
Am
Unchain my heart, let me go away
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-55-33-5-3-----||---------------||---------------|-
E|-----------5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
G|---------------||----------------|-
D|---------------||----------------|-
A|------33-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------|- X2
E|-55------------||---------8-7-5r-|-
Dm Am
Why lead me through a life of misery
Dm Am
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-----3-/-8r-7~-||-7-8-7---------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||-------8-7-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
F7 E7 Am D Am
Unchain my heart, set me free
[SOLO]: 02:27 PLAY VERSE... Saxo playing
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D|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
A|---------------|x4|-------3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E|-55-00-3-4-5r--| |-55-0~---------||---------------|-
Am Dm
G|---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------|-
A|-55-33-5-3-----||---------------|-
E|-----------5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Am
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|----3/7r--8-7r-||-7-8-7---------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||-------8-7-/-5-||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E7 Am
[CHORUS 2]: 02:52
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D|---------------||---------------||----------------||---------------|-
A|------3r-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||---------------||---------8-7-5r-||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm Am
I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance
G|---------------||---------------||----------------| |---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||----------------| |---------------|-
A|------3r-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-3r--5--7r---| |---------------|-
E|-55------------||---------------||----------------| |-//////////5r--|-
Dm E7
Oh, but you know damned well that I don't stand a chance
STOP
/ Slide... Or Play
G|---------------| |----------------|-
D|---------------| |----------------|-
A|---------------| |-7-8-7----------|-
E|-//////////5r--| |--------8-7/5r--|-
[VERSE 4]: 03:09
G|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------| |---------------||---------------|-
A|---------------|x3|-------3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
E|-55-00-3-4-5r--| |-55-0~---------||---------------|-
Am
Unchain my heart, let me go away
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-55-33-5-3-----||---------------||---------------|-
E|-----------5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
Dm
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
G|---------------||----------------|-
D|---------------||----------------|-
A|------33-4-5r--||-55-7r-5--------|- X2
E|-55------------||---------8-7-5r-|-
Dm Am
Why lead me through a life of misery
Dm Am
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
G|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
D|---------------||---------------||---------------|-
A|-----3-/-8r-7~-||-7-8-7---------||---------------|-
E|-55------------||-------8-7-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--|-
F7 E7 Am D Am
Unchain my heart, please set me free
[REPEATS]: 03:40 (Saxo playing)
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D|---------------||---------------||-8-7-----------||
A|---------------||---------------||-----8-7-8-----|| PLAY X 11
E|-55-00-3-4-5r--||-55-00-3-4-5r--||-----------5r--||
Am
Oh set me free
Am
Why don’t you do that for me (unchain my heart)
Am
You don’t care
Am
Why don’t you let me go (unchain my heart)
Am
If you don’t love me no more
Am
I can manage myself (unchain my heart) - (unchain my heart)
Am
Let me go
Am
I under you spell (unchain my heart)
Am
Like a man in a trance
Am
And you know damn well
Am
That I don’t stand a chance, No...
[OUTRO]: 03:40 (PIANO + VOCALS)
Am E7
Oh...'cause you don't care, ... so please...
Am
set me free...
(unchain my heart …………… )
[END]: 05:04
| Bass Tabs |
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| Title |
Unchain My Heart |
| Artist |
Joe Cocker |
| Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
| YouTube ID |
vYuhA1rQkaM |
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The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
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b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
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In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
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