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I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Marvin Gaye
ChordsKeyCCapoFret 1advanced
4.8(471)

Chords in this song10

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Intro

Dm G/D Dm G/D Dm (x5)

Verse 1

Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew,
'Bout your plans to make me blue.
With some other guy you knew be-fore,
Between two of us guys, you know I loved you more.

Bridge 1

It took me by sur-prise, I must say,
When I found out yester-day. Don't you know that;

Chorus 1

I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Riff D D F G Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.

Break

(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).   

Verse 2

I know a man ain't sup-posed to cry,
But these tears, I can't hold in-side.
Losing you, would end my life, you see,
'Cos you mean that much to me.

Bridge 2

You could have told me your-self,
That you loved someone else.

Chorus 2

Instead, I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Riff D D F G Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.

Break

(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).   

Interlude

Dm G/D Dm G/D Dm (x5)

Verse 3

People say; believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear.
But I can't help, but be confused,
If it's true, please tell me, dear.

Bridge 3

Do you plan to let me go,
For the other guy you loved be-fore?

Chorus 3

I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Riff D D F G Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.

Break

(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).   
[Coda] (with Vocal Ad-Libs)
     
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 xx0003 x02220 323000 x24432 320003
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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