I Heard It Through The Grapevine Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author dustinhill [a] 60.

4 contributors total, last edit on Dec 12, 2018

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[Intro]
 
e|---------|------------|-------|---------|
B|---------|------------|-------|---------|
G|---------|------------|-------|---------|
D|---------|------------|--2----|---------|
A|--2-5-2--|--22-5-4-2--|--0-2--|--2-5-2--|
E|--0-3-0--|--00-3-2-0--|----0--|--0-3-0--|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Dm                                         A                G
Bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout your plans to make me blue
                Dm                                               A
with some other guy that you knew before.  Between the two of us guys you
                G                    Bm              G            Dm
know I love you more.  It took me by surprise I must say,  when I found out
      G
yesterday. Ooh
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Dm                                        G
I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine.
      Dm                                      G
Ooh I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind.
             Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Dm                                                   A                  G
You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside.
       Dm                                       A                 G
Losin' you would end my life you see, cause you mean that much to me.
               Bm          G             Dm            G
You could have told me yourself that you found someone else.
 
Instead
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Dm                                        G
I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine.
       Dm                                      G
Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind.
             Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Dm                                                A                G
People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear.
        Dm                          A                   G
I can't help bein' confused if it's true please tell me dear?
       Bm             G                Dm                G
Do you plan to let me go for the other guy that you knew before?
 
Ooh I
 
 
[Chorus] (x2)
 
Dm                                        G
I heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be mine.
       Dm                                      G
Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to lose my mind.
             Dm
Honey, honey yeah.
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Creedence Clearwater Revival

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the intro is in the wrong key. Should be in Dm, like the rest of the chords. Same notes, just use the D and G strings. Also, it's definitely supposed to be Dm, not D. Use the A7 & G7 as you please, it sounds good either way.

Drop D and it works no capo needed

It's definitely D, F, E. If you do low E 10th fret, A 8th fret and then A 7th fret to the song, you will see what I mean. Standard tuning of course. So, 10 10 8 10 10 10 8 7. Turning those into power chords makes it sound even better.