Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Guitar Intro Tab)

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[Intro] | Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G F | Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G F | Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G F |
| Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G F | Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G - |
                                          Ooh-ooh
[Verse]
   Dm                   Dm7   Dm
 I bet you're wonderin' how I knew

            A        A       G
 'Bout your plans to make me blue

                 Dm      Dm7  Dm
 With some other guy you knew before

                       A               A         G
 Between the two of us guys you know I loved you more

                  Bm           G
 It took me by surprise I must say

        Dm              G
 When I found out yesterday
[Chorus]
                       Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine

          G
 Not much longer would you be mine

       Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

         G                          nc
 Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind - Honey, Honey, well

           Dm                   Dm                 Dm
   BGVs: I heard it through the grapevine not much longer

                   Dm      Dm  Dm   Dm
         Would you be my baby, ---- Oooh, ooh)
[Verse]
 F        Dm           Dm7      Dm
 I know a man ain't supposed to cry

           A              A    G
 But these tears I cain't hold inside

        Dm               Dm7     Dm
 Losing you would end my life ya see

            A         A       G
 'Cause you mean that much to me

            Bm          G
 You coulda told me yourself

          Dm             G
 That you loved somebody else
[Chorus]
            Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Instead, I heard it through the grapevine

          G
 Not much longer would you be mine

       Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

         G                          nc
 And I'm just about to lose my mind - Honey, Honey, well

           Dm                   Dm                 Dm
   BGVs: I heard it through the grapevine not much longer

                   Dm      Dm  Dm   Dm
         Would you be my baby, ---- Oooh, ooh)
[Break] | Dm - Dm7 Dm | Dm - G F | Dm - Dm7 Dm | [Verse]
 Dm     G     F     Dm      Dm7      Dm
 People say believe half of what you see, son

     A       A        G
 And none of what you hear

              Dm     Dm7      Dm
 But I cain't help - bein' confused

         A            A       G
 If it's true, please tell me dear

        Bm             G
 Do you plan to let me go

               Dm              G
 For the other guy you loved before?
[Chorus]
                  Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Don't you know I heard it through the grapevine

          G
 Not much longer would you be mine

         Dm                   Dm7  Dm
 Baby, I heard it through the grapevine

           G                          nc
 Oooh, I'm just about to lose my mind - Honey, Honey, yeah
[Outro]
           Dm                   Dm                 Dm
   BGVs: I heard it through the grapevine not much longer

                   Dm      Dm  Dm   Dm
         Would you be my baby, ---- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) [Repeat and fade]

                 Dm                   Dm
 Honey, honey, I know ... that you're letting me go

         Dm
 Said, I heard it through the grapevine

        Dm
 Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine  [Fade]
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