The Cars – Heartbeat City (Guitar)

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Song: Heartbeat city Artist: The Cars Composer: Ric Ocasek Album: Heartbeat city In the long bars of Dsus2 in the break you could emphasise some bass notes onto the chord on the open and 2nd fret of the 4th and 5th strings, listen to the bass guitar on the track and improvise freely around these additional bass notes: Dsus2 = xx0230 Dsus2/E = xx2230 Dsus2/A = x00230 Dsus2/B = x20230 IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers. Dsus2 = xx0230 Amadd9 = x07500 Dm7 = xx0211 or x57565 Em7 = 022030 Fmaj7 = xx3210 or 133210 G7/F = xx3003 or xx3433 or 120003 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ====================================================== [Intro]
   Dsus2
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    Amadd9              Dm7       Em7
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[Verse 1]
Amadd9                                     Dm7   Em7
        Oh, heartbeat city here we come,

Amadd9                             Dm7     Em7
        And happy days we count on thumbs,

Amadd9                                     Dm7   Em7
        And nothing really gets us down,

Amadd9                              Dm7    Em7
        As long as Jackie's back in town,

Dm7              Em7     Dm7               Em7
    I'm glad you made it,    I can't com - plain
[Chorus]
    Fmaj7    G7/F
Oh, Jackie,     ...what took you so long...

Fmaj7                   G7/F
    ...On just a holi - day?

    Fmaj7
Oh, Jackie!  (Oh, Jackie!  Oh, Jackie!)

G7/F
      What took you so long?

Fmaj7                        G7/F            Amadd9
      I thought you knew the way  (Heartbeat city)
[Verse 2]
    Amadd9                       Dm7 Em7
The noise electric never stops,

Amadd9                                  Dm7     Em7
        And all you need is what you've ...got,

Amadd9                                  Dm7     Em7
        And there's a place for every - one,

Amadd9                                Dm7   Em7
        Under heartbeat city's golden sun
[Chorus]
 Fmaj7                                     G7/F
(Jackie...) Oh, Jackie!  (What took you so long?)

                      Fmaj7                   G7/F
What took you so long     ...on just a holi - day?

    Fmaj7
Oh, Jackie!  (Oh, Jackie!  Oh, Jackie!)

                  G7/F
(What took you so long?)   What took you so long?

Fmaj7                         G7/F
       I thought you knew the way
[Break - See info in the header]
    Dsus2
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  Amadd9             Dm7        Em7            Amadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |    Oh, yeh-yeh-yeh!

  Amadd9              Dm7       Em7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |      You know...

Dm7               Em7      Dm7               Em7
     I'm glad you made it,  ...I can't com - plain,

  Dm7           Em7                           Fmaj7
I missed you so badly ...when you jumped that train
[Chorus]
Fmaj7                                G7/F
      Oh, Jackie!  (What took you so long?)

                      Fmaj7                  G7/F
What took you so long    ...on just a holi - day?

    Fmaj7                       G7/F
Oh, Jackie!   (What took you so long?)

                  G7/F
 What took you so long?
(So-------------- long!)
Fmaj7                            G7/F
          I thought you blew a - way
(I thought ...you ...blew ...a - way!)
           Amadd9
(Heartbeat city)  Oh - hoh - hoh!
[Verse 3]
Amadd9                         Dm7 Em7          Amadd9
Heartbeat city lights at night,       (Heartbeat city)

     Amadd9                    Dm7   Em7
It's getting closer, ...out of sight,

           Amadd9                              Dm7 Em7
(Heartbeat city) Heartbeat city's on the loose,

           Amadd9
(Heartbeat city!)   Better catch...

                 Dm7          Em7
...The blue ca - boose,  uh - uh!

          Amadd9                   Dm7  Em7
Heartbeat city,   ...it's my life
[Coda]
                Amadd9   Dm7 Em7
||:  (Heartbeat city!)            :|| [Repeats]