...I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE... by Marvin Gaye
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*from 'Everybody Needs Love' (1967)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
Dm Dsus4, Dm Dsus4 Dm (x5)
Verse 1:
Dm
Ooh I bet you're,
Wonderin' how I knew,
A
'Bout your plans,
G
To make me blue,
Dm
With some other guy,
You knew be-fore,
A
Between two of us guys,
G
You know I loved you more.
Bridge 1:
G
It took me,
Bm
By sur-prise,
G
I must say,
Dm
When I found out,
G
Yester-day.
Don't you know that:
Chorus 1:
Dm
I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Not much longer,
Would you be mine,
Dm
Oh, I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Oh, I'm just about,
To lose my mind,
Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
Break:
Dm
(I heard it,
Through the grapevine,
Not much longer,
Dsus4 Dm
Would you be my ba -by).
Verse 2:
Dm
I know a man ain't,
Supposed to cry,
A
But these tears,
G
I can't hold in-side,
Losing you would,
Dm
End my life you see,
A
Cos you mean,
G
That much to me.
Bridge 2:
G
You could have;
Bm G
Told me your-self,
Dm
That you loved,
G
Someone else.
Instead;
Chorus 2:
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Dm
I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Not much longer,
Would you be mine,
Dm
Oh, I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Oh, I'm just about,
To lose my mind,
Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
Break:
Dm
(I heard it,
Through the grapevine,
Not much longer,
Dsus4 Dm
Would you be my ba -by).
Interlude:
Dm Dsus4, Dm Dsus4 Dm (x5)
Verse 3:
Dm
People say believe,
Half of what you see,
A
Son, and none,
G
Of what you hear,
Dm
But I can't help,
But be con-fused,
A
If it's true,
G
Please tell me dear.
Bridge 3:
Bm
Do you plan,
G
To let me go,
Dm
For the other guy,
G
You loved be-fore?
Chorus 3:
Dm
I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Not much longer,
Would you be mine,
Dm
Oh, I heard it through,
Dsus4 Dm
The grape-vine,
G
Oh, I'm just about,
To lose my mind,
Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
Break:
Dm
(I heard it,
Through the grapevine,
Not much longer,
Dsus4 Dm
Would you be my ba -by).
Coda:
(with Vocal Ad-Libs)
Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
(Repeat To Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Dm Dsus4 A G Bm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)