James Ingram & Patti Austin - How Do You Keep The Music Playing Chords

Tempo:
73.9 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

F

Cm

Db

G

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James Ingram & Patti Austin - How Do You Keep The Music Playing chords
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[Db] [Eb]
[Cm] [Fm] [Eb] [Fm]
[Bbm] How do you [Db] keep the music [G] playing?
[Eb] How [Ab] do you make it [Cm] last?
[Db] How do you keep the song from [G] fading
[Ab] too [Cm] fast?
[C]
[Fm] How do you [Ab] lose yourself to [Bb] someone
[Eb] and [Cm] never lose your way?
[D] How do you not run out of [F] new [G] things [Cm] to say?
[C] [F]
[Db] And since we know we're always changing
[Ab] [Eb] how [Cm] can it be the [Fm] same?
[Db] And [Cm] tell me [Db] how year after year
you're sure your heart will fall apart
[Eb] each time you [Ab] hear [Db] his name.
[Ab] [C]
[Fm] I know the way I feel for you
[Eb] it's now or never.
[A] [Cm] The more I love, the more [D] that I'm afraid
[C] that [F] in your [G] eyes I may [Cm] not see forever.
[C] Forever.
[F]
[Bbm] If we can [Db] be the best of [Eb]
lovers
[Ab] yeah, be the [Fm] best of friends
[Db] [Cm] If we can [G] try with every [F] day
to make it [Bbm] better as it [Bb] grows
with any luck, [Db] then I [Bbm] suppose
the [Eb] music never [Db] [Ab] ends.
[Ebm] [D]
[Gm] I know the [Bb] [E] way I feel for you
it's [F] now [B] [Bb] [Gm] or [F] never.
The more [E] I love, the more that I'm afraid
[G] that in your [A] eyes I may not see [Dm] forever.
[D] Forever.
[G]
[Cm] If we can [Eb] be the best of [A] lovers
[Bb] yeah, be the [Gm] best of friends
[Eb] [Dm] If we can try [F] with [C] every day
[G] to make it [Cm] better as it [C] grows
with any luck, [Bb] then I suppose
the [F] music never ends.
[Eb] [F] How [Bb] do you keep it playing, baby?
[F] [Gm] Oh, [F] oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
How do [F] you do it?
How [Bb] do [Gm] you keep the music playing?
[F]
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Eb
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F
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Cm
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Db
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G
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Eb
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F
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Cm
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To learn James Ingram, Patti Austin - How Do You Keep The Music Playing chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, F, G, Cm, F, Bb, Gm, F, Eb, F, Bb and F. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 36 BPM and then match the original tempo of 74 BPM. Given the song's key of Ab Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _
[Bbm] _ How do you [Db] keep the music [G] playing?
[Eb] _ How [Ab] do you make it [Cm] last?
[Db] _ How do you keep the song from [G] fading _
[Ab] too _ [Cm] fast?
_ [C] _ _
[Fm] _ How do you [Ab] lose yourself to [Bb] someone
[Eb] _ _ and [Cm] never lose your way?
[D] _ How do you not run out of [F] new [G] things [Cm] to say?
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Db] _ And since we know we're always changing
[Ab] _ [Eb] how [Cm] can it be the [Fm] same? _
[Db] And [Cm] tell me [Db] how year after year
you're sure your heart will fall apart
[Eb] each time you [Ab] hear [Db] his name.
[Ab] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] I know _ _ the way I feel for you
[Eb] it's now or never.
[A] [Cm] The more I love, the more [D] that I'm afraid
_ [C] that [F] in your [G] eyes I may [Cm] not see forever.
_ _ [C] Forever.
[F] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ If we can [Db] be the best of [Eb]
lovers
[Ab] yeah, be the [Fm] best of friends
[Db] _ [Cm] If we can [G] try with every [F] day
to make it [Bbm] better as it [Bb] grows
with any luck, [Db] then I [Bbm] suppose
the [Eb] music _ never [Db] _ _ [Ab] ends.
[Ebm] _ _ [D] _
[Gm] I know the [Bb] _ _ [E] way I feel for you
it's [F] now _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] or [F] never.
The more [E] I love, the more that I'm afraid
_ [G] that in your [A] eyes I may not see [Dm] forever.
_ [D] Forever.
_ [G] _ _
[Cm] If we can [Eb] be the best of [A] lovers
[Bb] _ yeah, be the [Gm] best of friends
[Eb] _ [Dm] If we can try [F] with [C] every day
[G] to make it [Cm] better as it [C] grows
with any luck, [Bb] then I suppose
the [F] music never ends.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ How [Bb] do you keep it playing, baby?
[F] _ [Gm] Oh, [F] oh, oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
How do [F] you do it?
How [Bb] do [Gm] you keep the music playing?
[F] _

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This song was authored by Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand.

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