Piece of My Heart
Big Brother & The Holding Company (J. Joplin)


[Intro] 

(guitar solo)

                         
             
               

             
Oh come on, co

       
me on, come on

, come on


[Verse]

             
Didn't I make 

            
you feel    li

   
ke you were my
           
only man.     

     
     Yeah and
             
didn't I give 

             
you nearly eve

              
rything that a

       
 woman possibl

y can.
B (2 beats)
Honey you know I did.


[Pre-Chorus]

           
 But each nigh

              
t I tell mysel

         
f that I,  tha

t I think I've

 had enough
             
Well I'm gonna

              
 show you baby

        
 that a woman 

can be tough, 

I want you to
            
come on, come 

           
on, come on, c


ome on


[Chorus]

             
Take it!      

             
  Take another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby   Oohhh

h
  (Men)   (Janis)                                           (Men)
             
Break it!     

             
  Break anothe

             
r little bit o

              
f my heart now

      
 baby    Oohhh

h
             
Have it!      

             
  Have another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby
             
   You know yo

              
u've got it, i

          
f it makes you

     
 feel good, oh

 yes it
                                 (Men join in .....)


[Verse]

            
did           

       
           You

're
            
out on the str

             
eet looking go

            
od and baby de

ep down in you

r
             
heart I guess 

             
you know that 

             
it ain't right

   
.    Now you n

ever never
             
hear me when I

            
 cry at night.

              
  Babe and I c

          
ry all the tim


e.


[Pre-Chorus]

           
 But each time

              
 I tell myself

          
 that I, that 

I can't stand 

the pain,
             
but then you h

              
old me in your

             
 arms, and I s

ing it once ag

ain.
             
I sing come on

           
, come on, com

      
e on, come on


[Verse]

             
Take it!      

             
  Take another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby   Oohhh

h
  (Men)   (Janis)                                           (Men)
             
Break it!     

             
  Break anothe

             
r little bit o

              
f my heart now

      
 baby    Oohhh

h
             
Have it!      

             
  Have another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby
             
   You know yo

              
u've got it, s

             
hout if it mak

        
es you feel go


od.
                                       (Men join in .....)


[Guitar solo]

(similar chord pattern to intro)

                    
                    
                    
                         
             
               


[Bridge]

              
I need you to 

             
come on, come 

    
on, come on, c

ome on

             
Take it!      

             
  Take another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby   Oohhh

h
  (Men)   (Janis)                                           (Men)
             
Break it!     

             
  Break anothe

             
r little bit o

              
f my heart now

      
 baby    Oohhh

h
             
Have it!      

             
  Have another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby
             
   You know yo

              
u've got it, w

          
hoooaaaaa (scr

     
eams)


[Chorus]

             
Take it!      

             
  Take another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby   Oohhh

h
  (Men)   (Janis)                                           (Men)
             
Break it!     

             
  Break anothe

             
r little bit o

              
f my heart now

      
 baby    Oohhh

h
             
Have it!      

             
  Have another

              
 little piece 

             
of my heart no

      
w baby   Oohhh

h
             
   You know yo

              
u've got it, s

             
hout if it mak

        
es you feel go


od.
                                       (Men join in .....)


[Outro]

(lead guitar)

           
F#m (hold to f

         
ade)