D    C     G
E|----2-2---0-0----0-0---------|
B|----3-3---3-3----3-3---------|
G|----2-2---2-2----0-0---------|
D|--0---0---0-0----0-0---------|
A|--------3---3--2---2-----2-3-|
E|---------------------3-3-----|



figure 2

    D    C     G
E|----2-2---0-0----0-0---------|
B|----3-3---3-3----3-3---------|
G|----2-2---2-2----0-0---------|
D|--0---0---0-0----0-0---------|
A|--------3---3--2---2-----0-2-|
E|---------------------3-3-----|


****alternate
     this is how i play it, but the willburys would strum each cord only
     once, then where i have the second strum they would only play the bass
     note, then on to the next bass note like i have


then the rest of the song is just straight chords


//Intro:
play figure 1 twice



//verse

figure 1
Been beat up and battered around
figure 2
been set up and i've been shut down
C                          G     (Em)
you're the best thing that i ever found
C      D       G
handel me with care

1
Reputations changeable,
2
situations tolerable
    C            G     (Em)
but baby you're adorable
C      D       G
handle me with care


//Chorus:

G      B7       C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely
G       B7        C       D
I still have some love to give
G        B7      C        D      G
wont you show me that you really care

    C                       G
everybody's got somebody to lean on
         C                     D
put your body next to mine and dream on


//verse

1
i've Been fucked up and i've been fooled
2
i've been robbed and ridiculed
C                      G     (Em)
in daycare centers and night schools
C      D       G
handle me with care

Figure 1 x 2

1
Been stuck in airports terrorized
2
sent to meetings hypnotized
C               G     (Em)
overexposed commercialized
C      D       G
handle me with care


//Chorus



G      B7       C     D
I'm so tired of being lonely
G       B7        C       D
I still have some love to give
G        B7      C        D      G
wont you show me that you really care

    C                       G
everybody's got somebody to lean on
         C                     D
put your body next to mine and dream on


//verse

1
I've been uptight and made a mess
2
but i'm cleaning up myself i guess
C                  G      (Em)
oh the sweet smell of success
C      D       G
handle me with care