Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Achy Breaky Heart Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=120. Beats on eighths are marked "+". "!" marks chords with bar/half-bar shape. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting

[Intro]  
   G      +         +       +     +         +           +         +       +     +     +
E|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
G|-0---0---------------|-0--0--0---------------|-0---0---------------|-0--0--0-----3-/4------|
D|-----0-h2--0------0--|-------0-h2--0------0--|-----0-h2--0------0--|-------0-h2--------0---|
A|---------------2-----|-----------------2-----|---------------2-----|-----------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3-----------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3-----------3---------|

          +     +     +       +     +     +               +     +     +         +     +     +     +
E|-3a--3-p0-----------0--|-3a-3--3-p0--5-/7------|-3a--3-p0-----0--3--5/7--|----7--7--7--7-\5--3-p0--|
B|-0a--------3-----------|-0a--------------------|-0a--------3-------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------0--------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-------|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-----------2-----------|-------------2---------|-----------2-------------|-------------------------|
E|-3a--------------------|-3a--------------------|-3a----------------------|-7-----------7-----------|

[Verse]     (2x)
   G  +     +         +       +     +                   +     +     +    D      +     +     +
E|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-0---------------------|-0-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------1--|
G|----2-p0-----0------0--|----2-p0-----0-------|-0---0-----0--0-----2--|--------2-----2--------|
D|-------0--2------0-----|-------0--2------0---|-----0--0--------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------0-----------|
E|-3-----------3---------|-3-----------3-------|-3---------3-----------|-2---------------------|
  You can tell the world you never was my girl,  You can burn my clothes up when I'm gone,  You
You can tell my arms go back to the farm,        You can tell my feet to hit the floor.     Or

      +     +               +     +                   +     +     +    G      +     +
E|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|---p0----------------|-1-p0----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|-------2-p0--2-------|-------2-p0--2-------|-2---2-----3b-3----p2--|-0------0-----0------|
D|-------0---------0---|-------0---------0---|-----0--0--------0-----|-----0-----------0---|
A|-------------0-------|-------------0-------|-----------0-----------|-----------2---------|
E|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|-2---------------------|-3-------------------|
    can tell your friends just what a fool I've been, and laugh and joke about me on the phone
    you can tell my lips to tell my fingertips, They won't be reaching out for you no more

[Chorus]    (2x)
   G  +     +     +           +     +     +               +     +        D7     +     +
E|-7-----7-\5--3---------|-7-----7-\5--3---------|-3---3-----3--3------|-5-------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------3------|
G|----0-----------0------|----0-----------0------|--------0------------|--------5------------|
D|-------0-----------0---|-------0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------2---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-7-----------3---------|-7-----------3---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|
But don't tell my heart   My achy breaky heart   I just don't think he'd understand

       +       +       +              +       +       +              +       +       +       +
E|-5-------5--\3---2------------|-5-------5--\3---2------------|-5-------5-------6b--6------\5---|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----5---------------2--------|-----5---------------2--------|-----5-------5-------------------|
D|---------0---------------0----|---------0---------------0----|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0------------|-0---------------0------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
And if you tell my heart      My achy breaky heart            He might   blow    up and kill this 

  /-----1st pass------------\ /-----------2nd pass----------------------------------\
   G        +       +          G        +   G   +                   +       +
E|-3-------------------------|-3------------7a-----------|-7a------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------0a-----------|-0a------------------------|
G|----------0-------0--------|----------0-------0--------|----------0-------0--------|
D|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|
A|--------------2------------|---------------------------|--------------6------------|
E|-3-------------------------|-3------------7a-----------|-7a------------------------|
   man                         man,         Ooo-           ooooh!

[Verse] (2x) ... as above ... You can tell your ma I moved to Arkansas You can tell your dog to bite my leg Or tell your brother Cliff whose fist can tell my lip He never really liked me anyway Or tell your Aunt Louise, tell anything you please Myself already knows I'm not OK. Or you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind It might be walking out on me today [Chorus] (2x) ... as above ...

[Bridge-KeyG]   (2x)                                 [Bridge-KeyC]    (2x)
   G  +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +    C  +     +         +       +     +     +     +
E|-3-----3-p0--------------|-3-----3-p0-----0--------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-1-----1---------------|-1-----1-----3-/5--------|
G|----0-----------0-----0--|----0-----------------0--|----0-----2-p0------0--|----2-----2-----------0--|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2---------2-----|-------2-----------0-----|
A|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-3-----------3---------|-3-----------3-----------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|

[CHorus-KeyC]
   C  +     +     +           +     +     +           +     +     +     +    G  +     +     +
E|-0-----0---------------|-0-----0---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------3-p1---------|----3-----3-p1---------|-1-----------1--1--0-h1--|-3---------------------|
G|----0-----------0------|----------------0------|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0------|
D|-------2-----------2---|-------2-----------2---|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0---|
A|-3-----------3---------|-3-----------3---------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------2---------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-3---------------------|
   Don't tell my heart   My achy breaky heart   I just don't think he'd understand

      +     +     +           +     +     +           +     +     +     +    C  +     +     +
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3-----3-p1--0---------|-3-p1--3-p1--0---------|-3-----3-----4b-4----\3--|-1---------------------|
G|----0-----------0------|----------------0------|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0------|
D|-------0-----------0---|-------0-----------0---|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2---|
A|-------------2---------|-------------2---------|-------------------------|-3---------------------|
E|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------4-----------|-------------3---------|

[NoChords]
   C                                                     G
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
Don't tell my heart My achy breaky heart I just don't think he'd understand. And if you tell my heart, my  

                         C        +   C!       +              +       +                   +       +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------8a--------|-8a------------------|-12a-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------8a--------|-8a------------------|-8a------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------0--9a-----9--|-9a-----9-----9------|-9a-----9-----9------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---------10----|-----10----------10--|---------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------------------|-----------10--------|-----10----------10--|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------8a--------|-8a------------------|-8a--------8---------|
achy breaky heart, he might blow up and kill this man, Ooo-  oooo-                 ooooh!

[Outro] ... the Outro consists of Bridge-KeyC (2x) and Bridge-KeyG (2x) alternating, repeated and faded ... ************************************ | a Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence) | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************