DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
As recorded by Elton John & Kiki Dee
(From the 1976 Album ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS VOLUME II)
Words and Music by Ann Orson & Carte Blanche
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitar'
Intro 1st & 3rd Verses
Q=132
N.C. F
4/4
Gtr I
~~
Wx6 Q E S S +S S E E E Q e E Q e E
|------------|-----------------------------------||-----13------13---|
|------------|-----------------------------------||o----10------10---|
|------------|----12pb14==12-12-(12)-12r12-12-10-||------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------||------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------||o-----------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------||------------------|
Bb/F F Bb
Q S E. S E. S E. Q e E Q e E Q E S S Q E E
|----13------13--13----|----13------13---|----13-x-13----13---|
|----11------11--11----|----10------10---|----11-x-11----11---|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A7 Bb G Bb
~~~~
Q e E Q E E Q E E Q E E H Q E E +W
|----13----------|---------------|-----------10-|-(10)----|
|----11------5---|----6------3---|-----------11-|-(11)----|
|------------6---|----7------4---|-----------10-|-(10)----|
|------------5---|----8------5---|--------------|---------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------|
|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------|
2nd & 4th Verses
F Bb
~~~~
+H. Q Q E E Q E E Q E E S E S S E.
|-(10)---------||-----8-------8---|---------x-13---13----|
|-(11)---------||----10------10---|----11---x-11---11----|
|-(10)---------||----10------10---|----10----------------|
|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|
F Bb F
Q e E Q e E Q E E S E S S E. Q e E Q e E
|----13------13---|---------x-13---13----|----13------13---|
|----10------10---|----11---x-11---11----|----10------10---|
|-----------------|----10----------------|------------12---|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
Bb G F Bb
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q e E Q E E Q E E E E E E +W +H. Q
|-----------------|----13-13---x-x-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)---------||
|----6-------8/---|----10-10---x-x-11-|-(11)--------|-(11)---------||
|----7-------7/---|----------------10-|-(10)--------|-(10)---------||
|----8-------9/---|-------------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------10/---|-------------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
Am
E E E E E E E E +H H
|---5---5-5-5---5-|-(5)---------|
|---5---5-5-5---5-|-(5)---------|
|---5---5-5-5---2-|-(2)---------|
|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|
Cm
Q S E. E e E E +Q E S S S S e E E
|----8------3------|----------------------------|
|----8------4---11-|-(11)-----------------------|
|----8------5----8-|--(8)----10p8-10p8----8-----|
|------------------|-------------------10-------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
Bb F C G Am
E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------|-5-5----5-5----|-5-5----5-5----|
|---11---10-(10)-----|---13---12-(12)-----|-5-5----5-5----|-5-5----5-5----|
|---10---10-(10)-----|---12---12-(12)-----|-5-5----5-5----|-5-5----5-5----|
|---12---10-(10)-----|---14---12-(12)-----|-7-7-----------|-7-7-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
Cm Bb Eb
E E Q E E Q E E E S S S S E Q
|-8-8------8----|---13---18-18-18-18-18----|
|-8-8------8----|---11---16-16-16-16-16----|
|-8-8------8----|--------15-15-15-15-15----|
|---------------|--------15-15-15-15-15----|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
Bb F C G
E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---11---10-(10)-----|---13---12-(12)-------|
|---10---10-(10)-----|---12---12-(12)-------|
|---12---10-(10)-----|---14---12-(12)-------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
Ab C/E Bb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W +H. Q
|-------------------|-----------------10-|-(10)--------|-(10)---------||
|----------------13-|---13-13-x-x-x---11-|-(11)--------|-(11)---------||
|----13-----13---12-|---12-12-x-x-x---10-|-(10)--------|-(10)---------||
|----13-----13---14-|---14-14------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------||
Bridge
F Bb F
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e e e E E E +H H
|----13------13---|----13------13---|----10---10-----13-|-(13)---------|
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----11---11-----10-|-(10)---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----10---10-----10-|-(10)---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
Bb F
Q e E S S E e E Q E E Q E E +H H W
|----13-----13-13-13---|----13--------13-|-(13)---------|------|
|----10-----10-10-10---|----11--------10-|-(10)---------|------|
|----------------------|--------------10-|-(10)---------|------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
1.
W E S S S S E S +e S E E
|----------|--------------------------------------------||
|----------|---12pb14==12---12-12-12r(12)-12-11--9tr10-o||
|----------|---13pb14==13---13-13-13r(13)-13-12-10------||
|----------|--------------------------------------------||
|----------|-------------------------------------------o||
|----------|--------------------------------------------||
2.
E S S S S E +E E e E
|----------------------------------------||
|---12pb14==12---12-12r(12)-12-----------||
|---13pb14==13---13-13r(13)-13-15-13tr14-||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
Interlude
F Bb
Q e E Q e E Q e E S S E e E
|-----------------|----13-----13---13---|
|----10------10---|----11-----11---11---|
|----10------10---|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
Q e E S s E e E Q e E S S E e E
|----13-----13---13---|----13-----13---13----|
|----11-----11---11---|----11-----11---11----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
F A7 Bb G F/C Bb
~~~~
Q E E Q e E Q E E Q E E Q E E E e E E +W
|-----8-----------|---------------|----------------10-|-(10)----|
|----10------10---|-----------3---|----10-----10---11-|-(11)----|
|----10-------9---|----7------4---|----10-----10---10-|-(10)----|
|------------11---|----8------5---|----10-----10------|---------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------|
Chorus
Am
~~~~
+H. Q Q E E +E E E E
|-(10)---------||------5-(5)-5-----|
|-(11)---------||------5-(5)-5---8-|
|-(10)---------||------5-(5)-5---5-|
|--------------||----------------7-|
|--------------||------------------|
|--------------||------------------|
Cm
+E E E E +E E E E +Q Q E q S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(8)-8---8-(8)-8----8-|--(8)-------11---------|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5----8-|--(8)-------10--10h12\-|
|-(7)-7---7-(7)-7---10-|-(10)-------10--10-----|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb F
Q E S S S S E e E E E E E +Q Q
|-----------------------|---10----8--(8)-----|
|-----------------------|---11---10-(10)-----|
|------10p8-10p8----8---|---10---10-(10)-----|
|----------------10-----|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
C G Bb F
E E Q E q E E E E E +Q Q
|---8------7----|----------------------|
|---8------8----|---11---10-(10)-------|
|---9------7----|---10---10-(10)-------|
|---------------|---12---10-(10)-------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
C G Ab C Bb
~~~~
E E E E +Q Q Q E S S E E Q E E E E +E E E E +W
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------10-|-(10)----|
|---13---12-(12)-----|------4-4-x-4----|-5-5---5-(5)-5---11-|-(11)----|
|---12---12-(12)-----|------5-5-x-5----|-5-5---5-(5)-5---10-|-(10)----|
|---14---12-(12)-----|------6-6-x-6----|-5-5---5-(5)-5------|---------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------|
F Bb
W Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E S S S S S S E
|----------|----13------13---|----13------13---|----10-----13-13-13-13-13----||
|----------|----10------10---|----10------10---|----11-----11-11-11-11-11----||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||
Outro
F Dm Bb
Q E E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E S S Q E E E E E E
|----13-----13---9-10-|-(10)---10-----10---10---x-|----10---10-10----8-|
|----10-----10--------|--------10-----10---10---x-|----11---11-11---10-|
|----------------9-10-|-(10)----------10---10---x-|----10---10-10---10-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
F Dm
Q E E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E S S
||-----13-----13---9-10-|-(10)---10-----10---10---x-|
||o----10-----10--------|--------10-----10---10---x-|
||-----------------9-10-|-(10)----------10---10---x-|
||----------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------------|
Bb
Q e E S S S S E E 7x
|-----------13-13-13-13-13---||
|----11-----11-11-11-11-10--o||
|----10----------------------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
