PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
210 - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Verse 1
^ Don’t go breaking my heart
^ I couldn’t if I tried.
^ O honey if I get restless
^ Baby you’re not that kind
Verse 2
^ Don’t go breaking my heart
^ You take the weight off me
^ Oh honey when you knock on my door
^ Ooh I gave you my key
Chorus
Ooh Ooh
Nobody knows it
But when I was down
I was your clown
Ooh Ooh
Nobody knows it, nobody knows it
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
Ooh Ooh I gave you my heart.
^ So don’t go breaking my heart
^ I won’t go breaking your heart
2 bars ^ Don’t go breaking my heart.
Turnaround - 4 bars
Verse 3
^ And nobody told us
^ ‘Cause nobody showed us
^ And now it’s up to us babe
^ Oh I think we can make it.
Verse 2
^ So don’t misunderstand me
^ You put the light in my life
^ Oh you put the spark to the flame
^ I’ve got your heart in my sights.
Chorus
Ooh Ooh
Nobody knows it
But when I was down
I was your clown
Ooh Ooh
Nobody knows it, nobody knows it
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
Ooh Ooh I gave you my heart.
^ So don’t go breaking my heart
^ I won’t go breaking your heart
2 bars ^ Don’t go breaking my heart.
Instrumental - 9 bars
Chorus
Ooh Ooh
Nobody knows it
But when I was down
I was your clown
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
Ooh Ooh I gave you my heart.
^ So don’t go breaking my heart
^ I won’t go breaking your heart
Coda
Don’t go breaking my, don’t go breaking my,
Don’t go breaking my heart
Don’t go breaking my, don’t go breaking my,
I won’t go breaking your heart
Don’t go breaking my, don’t go breaking my,
I won’t go breaking your heart
Don’t go breaking my, don’t go breaking my,
I won’t go breaking your heart
Don’t go breaking my, don’t go breaking my,
Don’t go breaking my heart.
Written by Ann Orson and Carte Blanche, performed by Elton John and Kiki Dee, 1976.