Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 10:52:51 -0700 From: "Stephen D. Burd" <burd@anderson.unm.edu> Subject: j/joplin_janis/piece_of_my_heart.crd Piece of My Heart Big Brother & The Holding Company (J. Joplin) Intro (guitar solo) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F#m A B B B C#m B D B

Oh ^Bcome on, come on, ^B7come on, come on ^EDidn't I make you ^Afeel ^B like ^Ayou were my ^Eonly ^Aman^B. ^AYeah and ^Edidn't I give you nearly ^Aeverything that a woman ^Bpossibly can. B (2 beats) Honey you know I did.

^C#m But each night I tell myself that I,^B that I think I've had enough Well ^DI'm gonna show you baby that a ^Bwoman can be tough, I want you to ^Bcome on, ^Bcome on, ^B7come on, ^B7come on

^ETake it! Take an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby O^Boh^Bhh^Ah ^A (Men) (Janis) (Men) ^EBreak it! Break a^Another little bit of my ^Bheart now baby ^BOo^Bhh^Ahh^A ^EHave it! Have an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby ^B ^B ^A# ^A# ^A You know you've got it, if it ^Amakes ^G#you ^F#feel ^Egood, oh yes it (Men join in .....)

^Edid ^A ^B ^A You're ^Eout on the ^Astreet looking ^Bgood and baby ^Adeep down in your ^Eheart I guess you ^Aknow that it ain't ^Bright. ^A Now you never never ^Ehear me when I ^Acry at ^Bnight. Babe and I cry ^Bal^Bl th^Ae t^Aim^Be.

^C#m But each time I tell myself that I, t^Bhat I can't stand the pain, but then you ^Dhold me in your arms, and I ^Bsing it once again. I sing ^Bcome on, ^Bcome on, ^B7come on, ^B7come onE A B B B A A Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now baby Oohhhh (Men) (Janis) (Men) ^EBreak it! Break a^Another little bit of my ^Bheart now baby ^BOo^Bhh^Ahh^A ^EHave it! Have an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby ^B ^B ^A# ^A# ^A You know you've got it, shout if it ^Amakes ^G#you ^F#feel ^Egood. (Men join in .....)

Guitar solo (similar chord pattern to intro) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B F#m A B B B C#m B D B

I need you to ^Bcome on, come on, ^B7come on, come on ^ETake it! Take an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby O^Boh^Bhh^Ah ^A (Men) (Janis) (Men) ^EBreak it! Break a^Another little bit of my ^Bheart now baby ^BOo^Bhh^Ahh^A ^EHave it! Have an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby ^B ^B ^A# ^A# ^A You know you've got it, whoooa^Aaaaa (^G#scre^F#ams) ^E

^ETake it! Take an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby O^Boh^Bhh^Ah ^A (Men) (Janis) (Men) ^EBreak it! Break a^Another little bit of my ^Bheart now baby ^BOo^Bhh^Ahh^A ^EHave it! Have an^Aother little piece of my h^Beart now baby O^Boh^Bhh^A#h ^A# ^A You know you've got it, shout if it ^Amakes ^G#you ^F#feel ^Egood. (Men join in .....)

Outro (lead guitar) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

^F#mF#m (hold to fad^Ae) ^B

Transcribed by Stephen Burd (burd@unm.edu) from original Columbia vinyl recording KCS 9700, "Cheap Thrills", Big Brother & The Holding Company, 1967 ---- From: Stephen D. Burd Phone: 505-277-6418 FAX: 505-277-7108 email: burd@anderson.unm.edu web page: http://www.unm.edu/~burd/burd.html US Mail: Anderson School of Management University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131