James Taylor – Handy Man (Guitar Live)

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Song: Handy man Artist: James Taylor Composers: Otis Blackwell and Jimmy Jones Albums: JT / The best of James Taylor Tabbed by DJ 8th Oct 2018 Original album version - NO CAPO (Key of D) Live version - CAPO at 2nd fret (Will then sound in the live Key of E) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8eLAPolW8 I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. D = xx0232 G/B = x20033 D/F# = xx4232 A = x02220 G/D = xx0433 E/G# = xx6454 Bm = x24432 Em7 = 022030 E = 022100 A/C# = x4222x F#m7 = 242222 Em = 022000 G = 320033 Gsus4 = 3x0013 Bsus2 = x24422 ^ = Emphasise the beats Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]
  D            A     Bm     D            A     Bm
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  D            A     Bm     D            A     Bm
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[Verse 1]
D
   Hey, girls, ...gather 'round,

A/C# Bm                                 A G
        Listen to what I'm putting down,  ...hey baby,

A       G/B   A/C#  D      G/D    A       D
I'm you han - dy  - man   | /_/ /_/  /  /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D                             A         Bm
    I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule,

Em7           F#m7          Bm
    I'm handy with love and I'm no fool,

A     G
    I fix broken hearts,

  A           G/B   A/C# D      G/D A   D  D
I know that I tru - ly   can!  | /_/  /_/  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2]
   A/C#  G                      Gsus4     G
If your  ...broken heart should need re - pair,

     A        G/B A/C# D
Then I am the man to   see,

Em    D/F#     G
Yeah,     ...I whisper sweet things,

    Gsus4         G       D/F#
You tell all your friends,

E            D/F#  E/G#    A     Em7 D/F#
They'll come run - ning to me------------!
[Pre-chorus]
G           A               D
Here is the main thing that I want to say...

A/C# Bm           Bsus2       Bm
         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,

A      G         G/D
    I fix broken hearts,

  A           G/B   A/C# D      G/D    A
I know that I tru - ly   can!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ [Chorus]
D
    Come, a- come, a- come,

    A              Bm
A - come, a- come- come!  (Come!)

D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!

D                              A              Bm
    Come, a- come, a- come, a- come, a- come- come!

         E            D/F#  E/G#    A     Em7 D/F#
Oh, now, they'll come run - ning to me------------!
[Pre-chorus]
G           A               D
Here is the main thing that I want to say...

A/C# Bm           Bsus2       Bm
         I'm busy twenty four hours a day,

A     G          G/D
    I fix broken hearts,

      A        G/B    A/C# D      G/D    A
Baby, I'm your hand - y    man!  | /_/ /_/  /  / |
^ ^ ^ ^ [Chorus]
D
    Come, a- come, a- come,

    A              Bm
A - come, a- come- come!  (Come!)

D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!

D                              A              Bm
    Come, a- come, a- come, a- come, a- come- come!

D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!
[Coda]
        D                                A
(That's me!)  Come, a- come, a- come, a- come!

         Bm                     D
A-come - come!  (I'm your handy man!)

D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!

        D                                A
(That's me!)  Come, a- come, a- come, a- come!

         Bm                     D
A-come - come!  (I'm your handy man!)

D                 A     Bm
    Yeah-----! ...Yeah, yeah!

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[Intro & Choruses - bass note riff into D chords]
               D
e|----------|--2------|
B|----------|--3------|
G|----------|---------|
D|----------|--0------|
A|---0-h2---|---------|  h = Hammer-on note
E|----------|---------|
===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below nine of the diagrams. The other chord boxes should be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab A/C# G G/B G/D Em7 <7 of 20> <2 of 27> <2 of 21> <3 of 18> <6 of 49> F#m7 Gsus4 D/F# E/G# <3 of 33> <15 of 20> <3 of 20> <23 of 23>