Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks (1981)
Written By: Tom Petty and Mike Campbell.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME @ 106 BPM (4 Min. 5 Sec. or 4 Min. 9 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
Csus2- x 3 0 0 1 3 C C-D-G -OR-
- x 3 0 0 3 3
G/B - x 2 0 0 0 3 B B-D-G -OR-
- x 2 0 0 3 3
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E B-E-G
G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G B-D-G -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
[Intro] [12 M] ** FEMALE Vocal -
|A |A |Csus2 G/B Csus2|… |Em |G A |
|Em |G A |Em |G A |Em |G A |
Ba-by,
[Verse 1] [8 M]
|Em |G A |Em |
you'll… come… knock-in' on… my… front… door… Same… old… line you used to
|G A |Em |G A |
use… be-… fore… I… said,… 'Yeah',… well… what am I s'posed to do?…
|Em |G A |
I… did-n't know what I was get-tin' in-… to…
[Chorus 1] [12 M]
|C |D |C |
So you had a lit-tle trou-ble in… town… Now you're keep-in' some…
|D |C |D |
de-… mon… down… Stop… drag-gin' my,… stop… drag-gin' my,…
|C G/B C |… |Em |G A |Em |G A |
… stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-… round…
[Verse 2] [12 M]
|Em |G A |
It's hard to think a-bout… what… you… want-… ed…
|Em |G A |
It's hard to think a-bout… what… you've… lost…
|Em |G A |
This does-n't have to be the big… get… e-… ven…
|Em |G A |
This does-n't have to be… an-y-thing at all…
** MALE Vocal -
|Em |G A |
I know you real-ly wan-na tell me good-… bye…
|Em |G A |
I know you real-ly wan-na be your own… girl…
[Chorus 2] [10 M] ** FEMALE Vocal -
|C |D |
Ba-by, you could ne-ver look me in the eye…
|C |D |
Yeah, you buc-kle with the weight… of the words…
|C |D |C G/B C |
Stop… drag-gin' my,… stop… drag-gin' my,… stop… drag-gin' my…
|C |Em |G A |
heart… a-… round…
[Interlude] [14 M]
|D |Cs2 G |D |Cs2 G |D |Csus2 G |A |A |
|Csus2 G/B Csus2|… |Em |G A |Em |G A |
[Verse 3][12 M]
|Em |G A |
Peo-ple run-nin' 'round… loose… in the world…
|Em |G A |Em |
ain't… got… noth-in' bet-ter to… do… than make a meal of some…
|G A |Em |G A |
bright-… eyed… kid… You need some-one look-in' af-… ter… you…
** MALE Vocal -
|Em |G A |
I know you real-ly wan-na tell me good-… bye…
|Em |G A |
I know you real-ly wan-na be your own… girl…
[Chorus 3] [12 M] ** MALE and FEMALE Vocals -
|C |D |
Ba-by, you could ne-ver look me in the eye…
|C |D |
Yeah, you buc-kle with the weight… of the words…
|C |D |C G/B C |
Stop… drag-gin' my,… stop… drag-gin' my,… stop… drag-gin' my…
|C |Em |G A |Em |G A |
heart… a-… round…
[Coda] [12 M] ** FEMALE Vocal -
|Em |G A |Em |G A |
Stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-round…
|Em |G A |Em |G A |
Stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-round…
|Em |G A |Em |G A |
Stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-round…
[Finale] [4 or 6 M] Since the original fades out, there are 2 options -
1) You can hold the 'A' -
|Em |G A |A |A |
Stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-round…
2) Come back around and hold the 'Em' -
|Em |G A |Em |G A |Em |Em |
Stop… drag-gin' my… heart… a-round…
