Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Guitar)

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[Intro]
|C         |Dm     |C        |Dm                 |
 --- Uh-huh huh, oh yeah, oh, listen to me people
[Verse]
|C                  |C                |C               |C
 I ain't got time to think about money - or what it can buy ---

    |C                   |C                  |C                   |C
 And I ain't got time, to sit down and wonder - what makes a birdy fly ---

      |C                   |C               |C                   |C
 And I don't have the time - to think about - what makes a flower grow ---

    |C                |C                |Dm        F    |
 And I never give it a second thought to where the river
[Chorus]
     |C                         |C            |
 V1.  flows
V2. Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby -- and I
     |Dm        F               |C       |C
 V1.  --        --               -    --- Oh, yeah -- I said, uh
V2. Ain't got time for nothin' else --- ---- [Verse]
|C                   |C                  |C                        |C
 I ain't got time, to discuss the weather - or how long it's gonna' last ---

        |C                   |C             |C                    |C
 And uh, I ain't got time, to do no studyin' - once I get - out of class -

            |C            |C                   |C           |C
 Tellin' you I'm -- just a fella - said I got a -- one track mind --

            |C                       |C
 And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout, anything but my baby -

  |Dm         F       |
 I just don't have the
[Chorus]
     |C                         |C                  |
 V1.  time ---                        oh yeah, and I
V2. Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby -- and I
     |Dm        F               |C                        |
 V1.  Ain't got time for nothin' else, don't you know I'm
V2. Ain't got time for nothin' else ---
     |C                         |C               |
 V1.  --       Thinkin' 'bout my baby, oh 'n I
V2. Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby --
     |Dm        F               |C           |C          |C           |
 V1.  Ain't got time for nothin' else --- ah, yeah -- ah, yeah - yeah
V2. Ain't got time for nothin' else --- [Break] | C | C | C |
|C         |C                    |C               |
 -- All the diamonds and pearls - - in the world -

|C                      |C                      |
 - Could never match her worth, naw, naw, she's

|C             |C                         |
 -- Some kinda' wonderful, people tell you

|C                      |C            |
 - I've got Heaven right here on earth

|C            |C                |C              |C
 I'm -- just a fella -- a-with a one - one track mind --

            |C                       |C
 And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout, anything but my baby -

  |Dm         F       |
 I just don't have the
[Chorus]
     |C                         |C                |
 V1.  time ---                        oh-h and I
V2. Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby --
     |Dm        F               |C        |
 V1.  Ain't got time for nothin' else, oh
V2. Ain't got time for nothin' else ---
     |C                         |C               |
 V1.  --       Thinkin' 'bout my baby -- and I
V2. Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby --
     |Dm        F               |C           |
 V1.  Ain't got time for nothin' else --- ooh
V2. Ain't got time for nothin' else --- [Outro]
     |C                 |C                |
 V1. (Vamping around V2.)
V2. Too busy thinkin' about my baby --
     |C                         |C                |
 V2.  Ain't got time for nothin' else, no, no, no

     |C                 |C                |
 V1. (Vamping around V2.)
V2. Too busy thinkin' about my baby --
     |C                         |C                |
 V2.  Ain't got time for nothin' else, no, no, no     [Fades]
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