Chords for How To Play Groove Is In The Heart by Dee Lite On Guitar
Tempo:
128.95 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
G
Db
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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We'll begin the harp.
[Dbm] [Eb] [Dbm] [Eb]
[Dbm] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Ab] [N] Right, so, first riff.
[Em] [G] So we're playing on [D] 8, 9 and [Eb] 6.
[Dbm] [Eb] [Dbm] [Eb]
[N] Got a little bit of delay there as well, just to give it that.
[Dbm] [Eb] [Dbm] [Eb]
[Dbm] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Ab] [N] Right, so, first riff.
[Em] [G] So we're playing on [D] 8, 9 and [Eb] 6.
[Dbm] [Eb] [Dbm] [Eb]
[N] Got a little bit of delay there as well, just to give it that.
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Ab
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We'll begin the harp.
_ [Eb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [N] Right, so, first riff.
[Eb] _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ So we're playing on [D] 8, 9 and [Eb] 6.
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [N] _ Got a little bit of delay there as well, just to give it that.
_ _ _ _ _ OK, so, the funky bass riff.
_ [Abm] _ _ _
So _ _ _ _ the funky bass riff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [Gm] So we're playing in a G sharp [A] minor [Abm] pentatonic shape.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
So we've got [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Abm] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ [Gbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Abm] frets 4 and 6 on the D, A [G] and G [Ab] string.
_ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Db] _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ [N] _
So the chords are G sharp [Ab] 7 and _ _ _ [Db] C sharp 7.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [N] Obviously you can play them any way you want.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Bm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ So that's something that I'll put in the choruses. _
It's just a G [Ab] sharp 7. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Abm] _ _ And then I'm [G] sliding up.
I've got an [Ab] octave, F sharp and F sharp. _ _ _
Up to G sharp. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ So again, I'm [Db] playing an octave [Gb] here. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ And then playing an F [F] octave.
[Gb] [G] So F sharp.
And then F, F sharp.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ A little kind [Ab] of little slide [Gb] there.
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Gb] Then we _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ have the slidey stuff. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So just sliding down from a B. _ _ _ _
And then from an F sharp.
_ _ Back up to an F sharp.
_ Most of the time it's just up and down, but there are a few times where they do some of the little_ _
And you're just sliding_
_ Back up from the F sharp.
And just literally sliding all the way up.
So your finger comes off the end of the fretboard. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] So here's the beginner's version of the song. _
[Em] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So we're playing 4th fret.
_ And then [Em] open E. _
And then [Ab] 2nd fret.
[Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Then the [Ab] riff here.
[Ebm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] So it's frets 4 and 6 on the D, A _ [Bb] and_
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Db] _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ [N] So chords then.
You want a G sharp 7, which you can [Ab] play here.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] So then [Ab] 4, 6, 8, 7, 8.
_ And _ _ _ _
[Abm] you move that all the way up to the 11th fret.
[Db] _ _
_ It's [Ab] the same pattern.
So 11, _ 13, [F] [Gb] 12, [Gm] 13.
[Db] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] You can slide down on the 12th fret. _
_ _ _ _ So _ the 12th fret just down 2. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [G] And then slide up from the 7th.
_ _ All the way up.
[N] _ _ _
_ _ We'll begin the harp.
_ [Eb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [N] Right, so, first riff.
[Eb] _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ So we're playing on [D] 8, 9 and [Eb] 6.
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [N] _ Got a little bit of delay there as well, just to give it that.
_ _ _ _ _ OK, so, the funky bass riff.
_ [Abm] _ _ _
So _ _ _ _ the funky bass riff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [Gm] So we're playing in a G sharp [A] minor [Abm] pentatonic shape.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
So we've got [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Abm] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ [Gbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Abm] frets 4 and 6 on the D, A [G] and G [Ab] string.
_ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Db] _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ [N] _
So the chords are G sharp [Ab] 7 and _ _ _ [Db] C sharp 7.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [N] Obviously you can play them any way you want.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Bm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ So that's something that I'll put in the choruses. _
It's just a G [Ab] sharp 7. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Abm] _ _ And then I'm [G] sliding up.
I've got an [Ab] octave, F sharp and F sharp. _ _ _
Up to G sharp. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ So again, I'm [Db] playing an octave [Gb] here. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ And then playing an F [F] octave.
[Gb] [G] So F sharp.
And then F, F sharp.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ A little kind [Ab] of little slide [Gb] there.
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Gb] Then we _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ have the slidey stuff. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So just sliding down from a B. _ _ _ _
And then from an F sharp.
_ _ Back up to an F sharp.
_ Most of the time it's just up and down, but there are a few times where they do some of the little_ _
And you're just sliding_
_ Back up from the F sharp.
And just literally sliding all the way up.
So your finger comes off the end of the fretboard. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] So here's the beginner's version of the song. _
[Em] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So we're playing 4th fret.
_ And then [Em] open E. _
And then [Ab] 2nd fret.
[Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Then the [Ab] riff here.
[Ebm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] So it's frets 4 and 6 on the D, A _ [Bb] and_
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Db] _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _ _ [N] So chords then.
You want a G sharp 7, which you can [Ab] play here.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] So then [Ab] 4, 6, 8, 7, 8.
_ And _ _ _ _
[Abm] you move that all the way up to the 11th fret.
[Db] _ _
_ It's [Ab] the same pattern.
So 11, _ 13, [F] [Gb] 12, [Gm] 13.
[Db] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] You can slide down on the 12th fret. _
_ _ _ _ So _ the 12th fret just down 2. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [G] And then slide up from the 7th.
_ _ All the way up.
[N] _ _ _