Artist: The Doobie Brothers
Song: Listen to the music
Album: Toulouse Street
Tabbed by: DJ
31st Oct 2014
A simple version for acoustic guitar
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Intro and Verse chords: Chorus chords:
D = xx0232 A = x02220 Bm7 = x24432 (G/F#) = xx4033
G/D = xx0433 G = 320003 G = xx5433 (G/E) = xx2033
(D/C#)= x40232 G4 = 320013 E7 = 022130 (G/D) = xx0033
Bm = x24432
Bridge chords:
D = xx0232 G = 320003
C/D = xx0010 G4 = 320013
Hammer-on the D chords to give it that funky feel.
In some live versions the band play a G7,instead of the G,
at the end of the first 3 lines of the choruses.
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[Intro]
D G/D D G/D
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[Verse 1]
D G/D
Don’t you feel it growing, day by day?
D (D/C#) Bm
People ...getting ready for the news,
A G
Some are happy, some are sad,
G4 G D G/D
Woh - oh, we’re gonna let the music play! Um - umm!
[Verse 2]
D G/D
What the people need ...is a way to make ‘em smile,
D (D/C#) Bm
It ain’t so hard to do, if you know how,
A G
Gotta get a message, get it on through,
G4 G D
Lord, now mama, goin’ to after a while!
[Chorus]
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
E7 G (G/F#)(G/E)(G/D) (G)(G/F#)(G/E)(G/D)
All the time--------------------------!
| / / / / | /_/ /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Break]
D G/D D G/D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
D G/D
Well, I know ...you know better ...everything I say,
D (D/C#) Bm
Meet me in the country for a day,
A G
We’ll be happy, and we’ll dance,
G4 G D G/D
Lord----, we’re gonna dance the blues a - way!
[Verse 4]
D G/D
And if I’m feeling good to you, and you’re feeling good to me,
D (D/C#) Bm
There ain’t nothing we can do or say,
A G
Feeling good, feeling fine----,
G4 G D
Woh----oh, baby, let the music play!
[Chorus]
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
E7 G (G/F#)(G/E)(G/D) (G)(G/F#)(G/E)(G/D)
All the time--------------------------!
| / / / / | /_/ /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Bridge]
D C/D G D
Like a lazy flowing river, surrounding castles in the sky,
D C/D
And the crowd is growing bigger,
G (G4) (G)
Listening for the happy sounds, you gotta let them fly!
[Chorus]
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
E7 G (G/F#)(G/E)(G/D) (G)(G/F#)(G/E)(G/D)
All the time--------------------------!
| / / / / | /_/ /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
{Chorus]
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
Bm7 G
Woh -oo, woh-----, listen to the music,
E7 G (G/F#)(G/E)(G/D) (G)(G/F#)(G/E)(G/D) D
All the time--------------------------!
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