I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye (Norman Whitfield / Barrett Strong, 1966)




4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
      1   2 & 3   4 &

Intro (Riff x 5
| [Dm]   | [Dm]   | [Dm]   | [Dm]  
| [Dm]   | [Dm]   | [Dm]   | [Dm]  
| [Dm]   | [Dm]    

Ooo I | [Dm] bet you're wonderin' how I knew | ...'Bout your |
| [A] plans to make me blue | [G] ... With some other |
| [Dm] guy you knew before | ...Between the two of us |
| [A] guys, you know I loved you more | [G] ...

Pre Chorus
It took me by sur- | [Bm7] prise I must | [G] say... when I |
| [Dm] found out yesterday | [G] ... don't you know that I |


Chorus
| [Dm] Heard it through the grapevine | ...Not much |
| [G] longer would you be mine | ...Ooo I |
| [Dm] heard it through the grapevine | ... And I'm |
| [G] just about to lose my mind | ...Honey, honey |
| [Dm] yeah (I heard it through the grapevine not much | longer would you be my) |
| [Dm] (baby...) | (ooh ooh ooh ooh)

I know that a | [Dm] man ain't supposed to cry | ... But these |
| [A] tears I can't hold inside   | [G] ... Losin' |
| [Dm] you would end my life you see | ... 'Cause you |
| [A] mean that much to me | [G] ...

Pre Chorus
You could have | [Bm7] told me yourself | [G] ... that you |
| [Dm] love someone else | [G] ... don't you know that I |


Chorus
| [Dm] Heard it through the grapevine | ...Not much |
| [G] longer would you be mine | ...Ooo I |
| [Dm] heard it through the grapevine | ... And I'm |
| [G] just about to lose my mind | ...Honey, honey |
| [Dm] yeah (I heard it through the grapevine not much | longer would you be my) |
| [Dm] (baby...) | (ooh ooh ooh ooh) |

Interlude (Riff x 2
| [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm]

Verse 3
People say believe | [Dm] half from what you see | ...Non non |
| [A] none of what you hear | [G] ... but I can't |
| [Dm] help being confused | ... If it's |
| [A] true please tell me dear | [G] ...


Pre Chorus
Do you | [Bm7] plan to let me | [G] go... for the other |
| [Dm] guy that you loved be- | [G] fore? Don't you know I |


Chorus
| [Dm] Heard it through the grapevine | ...Not much |
| [G] longer would you be mine | ...Baby I |
| [Dm] heard it through the grapevine | ... Oooh I'm |
| [G] just about to lose my mind | ...Honey, honey |
| [Dm] yeah (I heard it through the grapevine not much | longer would you be my) |
| [Dm] (baby...) | (yeah yeah yeah) Honey, honey I |
| [Dm] know (I heard it through the grapevine not much | longer would you be my) |
| [Dm] (baby...) | (yea yeah yeah)

#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.

#Last Updated 19/04/2021 JJ
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