Duct Tape Heart

Barenaked Ladies

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Cadd9

Em7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
Intro 
G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9 
 
verse 1 
G 
  It was in pieces 
Cadd9 
  Till this adhesive 
Em7                                      Cadd9 
  Stuck it together - now it beats again 
G 
  It's working alright 
Cadd9 
  And it looks tight 
Em7                             D        
  A little miracle I'd recommend 
 
Pre-Chorus 
        Cadd9        
I could use another roll ' another roll 
I could use another roll right now 
 
Chorus 
(Cadd9)              Am 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
                          Cadd9 
You're best won't make it fall apart 
                          G 
Because I'll always have enough ' enough 
                         Em7 
For when I gotta tape it up ' it up 
                     Am 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
                          Cadd9 
Cause no one's ever gonna tear that thing apart 
 
G, Cadd9 (x2) 
 
verse 2 
G 
  A million uses 
Cadd9 
  You know the truth is 
Em7                                       Cadd9 
  There isn't any heart that it can't fix 
G 
  When you wear through one 
Cadd9 
  Just make a new one 
Em7                                  D 
  And make a wallet out of extra bits 
 
Pre-Chorus 
I could use another roll ' another roll 
I could use another roll right now 
 
Chorus 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
You're best won't make it fall apart 
Because I'll always have enough ' enough 
For when I gotta tape it up ' it up 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
Cause no one's ever gonna tear that thing apart 
 
G, Cadd9 (x4) 
 
Bridge 
    D 
Polyethylene-coated pressure-sensitive tape 
     Cadd9 
It's tried ' it's true ' nothing it can't do 
          D 
Fixed the fender on the rover that was left on the moon 
     Cadd9 
It's good enough for you 
 
Chorus 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
You're best won't make it fall apart 
Because I'll always have enough ' enough 
For when I gotta tape it up ' it up 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
You're best won't make it fall apart 
Because I'll always have enough ' enough 
For when I gotta tape it up ' it up 
Stop messing with my duct tape heart 
You know you're never gonna tear that thing apart 
 
Outro 
G, Cadd9 (x4) 
End on G

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Chord set

G · Cadd9 · Em7 · D · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.