Chords for Marvin Gaye Medley | Cover by RoneyBoys
Tempo:
91.8 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
E
B
G#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] Sober Gay!
[D#]
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
[E] Woo [B]-woo [E]-woo-woo-woo-woo
Whoa!
Oh mercy, mercy [B] me
[C#]
Old [B] [E] things say what they used to be [F#m] No, no
Where did all the blue skies [A] go?
[Em] Poison is the [A] wind that blows
From the [Am] north and [E] south and east
Oh, mercy, mercy me
[C#m]
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, [F#m] no, no
Oil wasted on the [A] ocean and upon [E] our seas
Fish [A] full of mercury
[E] Oh, [B] [E] mercy, mercy [C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they used to [F#m] be, no, no
Radiation underground [A] and in the sky
Animals and birds who live [E] nearby are dying
Oh, mercy, mercy [G#m]
[C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they
[A] used to be
What about this overcrowding?
[B] How [Em] much more [A] abuse from men can [C#m] she [G#m] stand?
[D#] [G#m]
[E] Mother, mother
Mother, [G#m] mother, mother
There's [C#m] too many of you crying
Brother,
[B] [E] brother, brother
Brother, brother, brother
[C#m] There's far too many of you dying
You [F] know [F#m] we've got to find a way
To bring some [E] loving up here [A] today [G#m] Father, [E] father
We don't [C#m] need to escalate
You see, [G#m] war is not the answer
For only [C#m] love can [G#m] cause the [C#m] hate
Oh, you [D] know we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] understanding [E] here today
[F#m]
Picket [C#] lines, sister
[B] And picket signs, [C#m] sister
[F#m] Don't punish me, [C#] sister
With [B] brutality, [F#m] sister
Talk to [F#] me, sister
[B] So [C#m] you can see, sister
[E] What's going [C#m] on?
I, [B] [C#m] I,
[Em] I, I
[Am] [Em]
[Am] Yeah, [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Em]
[Am] [G] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[A] Beep, beep, [E] beep
Beep, beep, beep
[C#] [F#m] Mother, [E] mother
[B] Everybody [C#m] thinks we're wrong
[G#] [G#m] Oh, but who would think to [D#m] judge [G#m] us
[D#m] Simply [C#m] cause our [D#m] hair is long
[G#m] Oh, you know [F#m] we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] [C#m] understanding here today
[F#m]
[B] Picket [F#m] lines, brother
[B] And [E] picket signs, [F#m] brother
Don't punish me, brother
With [B] brutality, [F#m] brother
Come [C#m] on, talk to me, brother
[B] So you can see, [C#] brother
[G#m] What's going [C#m] on?
[G#m] I'll tell you [C#m] what's going on
I, [E] I, I, I
[C] [D]
[Am] Yeah, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah
[Em] Where's Cru?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G#m] [C#m] [A] Beep beep beep, [E] beep beep [C#m] beep
Better beep beep beep, [F#m] bye bye
[A]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] Oh, oh, oh,
[Fm]
[A#m] [Fm]
oh
What you know girl
[Cm] I'm [D#] just getting back what you knew I would
[Cm] Oh, oh, oh, oh
When will it end
Oh, [G#] oh, oh, oh
[Cm] When will people start getting together [Fm]
again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are things [E] really getting better
Like [D#] the newspaper said
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What else is new my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Besides what I read
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh
Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Monday is tighter than it said forbid
[A#] Same [G#] man I just don't [D#] understand
What's going on across this land
Oh, what's happening brother
[Cm] Yeah, what's happening
What's happening to me
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are they still getting down where we used to go and dance
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Do you think they have a [A#] chance
[G#m] And tell me friend
[D#] How the world have you been
[Cm] Tell me what's up
I wanna know what's in
What's happening, what's happening brother
What's happening, what's happening brother
Oh, what's happening brother
What's happening man
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What's happening brother Say man
What's [B]
been [D#m] shaking up and down the line
I wanna know cause I'm slightly behind the [G#m]
[D#m] time
Oh, oh, oh,
[A] oh
[G] [C] [Em] What's happening brother
What's happening [N]
brother
What's happening brother
[D#]
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
[E] Woo [B]-woo [E]-woo-woo-woo-woo
Whoa!
Oh mercy, mercy [B] me
[C#]
Old [B] [E] things say what they used to be [F#m] No, no
Where did all the blue skies [A] go?
[Em] Poison is the [A] wind that blows
From the [Am] north and [E] south and east
Oh, mercy, mercy me
[C#m]
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, [F#m] no, no
Oil wasted on the [A] ocean and upon [E] our seas
Fish [A] full of mercury
[E] Oh, [B] [E] mercy, mercy [C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they used to [F#m] be, no, no
Radiation underground [A] and in the sky
Animals and birds who live [E] nearby are dying
Oh, mercy, mercy [G#m]
[C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they
[A] used to be
What about this overcrowding?
[B] How [Em] much more [A] abuse from men can [C#m] she [G#m] stand?
[D#] [G#m]
[E] Mother, mother
Mother, [G#m] mother, mother
There's [C#m] too many of you crying
Brother,
[B] [E] brother, brother
Brother, brother, brother
[C#m] There's far too many of you dying
You [F] know [F#m] we've got to find a way
To bring some [E] loving up here [A] today [G#m] Father, [E] father
We don't [C#m] need to escalate
You see, [G#m] war is not the answer
For only [C#m] love can [G#m] cause the [C#m] hate
Oh, you [D] know we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] understanding [E] here today
[F#m]
Picket [C#] lines, sister
[B] And picket signs, [C#m] sister
[F#m] Don't punish me, [C#] sister
With [B] brutality, [F#m] sister
Talk to [F#] me, sister
[B] So [C#m] you can see, sister
[E] What's going [C#m] on?
I, [B] [C#m] I,
[Em] I, I
[Am] [Em]
[Am] Yeah, [Em] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Em]
[Am] [G] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[A] Beep, beep, [E] beep
Beep, beep, beep
[C#] [F#m] Mother, [E] mother
[B] Everybody [C#m] thinks we're wrong
[G#] [G#m] Oh, but who would think to [D#m] judge [G#m] us
[D#m] Simply [C#m] cause our [D#m] hair is long
[G#m] Oh, you know [F#m] we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] [C#m] understanding here today
[F#m]
[B] Picket [F#m] lines, brother
[B] And [E] picket signs, [F#m] brother
Don't punish me, brother
With [B] brutality, [F#m] brother
Come [C#m] on, talk to me, brother
[B] So you can see, [C#] brother
[G#m] What's going [C#m] on?
[G#m] I'll tell you [C#m] what's going on
I, [E] I, I, I
[C] [D]
[Am] Yeah, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah
[Em] Where's Cru?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G#m] [C#m] [A] Beep beep beep, [E] beep beep [C#m] beep
Better beep beep beep, [F#m] bye bye
[A]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] Oh, oh, oh,
[Fm]
[A#m] [Fm]
oh
What you know girl
[Cm] I'm [D#] just getting back what you knew I would
[Cm] Oh, oh, oh, oh
When will it end
Oh, [G#] oh, oh, oh
[Cm] When will people start getting together [Fm]
again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are things [E] really getting better
Like [D#] the newspaper said
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What else is new my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Besides what I read
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh
Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Monday is tighter than it said forbid
[A#] Same [G#] man I just don't [D#] understand
What's going on across this land
Oh, what's happening brother
[Cm] Yeah, what's happening
What's happening to me
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are they still getting down where we used to go and dance
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Do you think they have a [A#] chance
[G#m] And tell me friend
[D#] How the world have you been
[Cm] Tell me what's up
I wanna know what's in
What's happening, what's happening brother
What's happening, what's happening brother
Oh, what's happening brother
What's happening man
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What's happening brother Say man
What's [B]
been [D#m] shaking up and down the line
I wanna know cause I'm slightly behind the [G#m]
[D#m] time
Oh, oh, oh,
[A] oh
[G] [C] [Em] What's happening brother
What's happening [N]
brother
What's happening brother
Key:
C#m
E
B
G#m
F#m
C#m
E
B
[C] _ Sober Gay!
_ _ _ [D#]
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
[E] Woo [B]-woo [E]-woo-woo-woo-woo
Whoa! _
Oh mercy, mercy [B] me
[C#] _
Old [B] _ [E] things say what they used to be [F#m] No, no
Where did all the blue skies [A] go?
[Em] Poison is the [A] wind that blows
From the [Am] north and [E] south and east
Oh, mercy, mercy me
[C#m] _
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, [F#m] no, no
Oil wasted on the [A] ocean and upon [E] our seas
Fish [A] full of mercury
_ [E] Oh, _ [B] _ _ [E] mercy, mercy [C#m] me
_ _ Oh, things ain't what they used to [F#m] be, no, no
_ Radiation underground [A] and in the sky
Animals and birds who live [E] nearby are dying
_ Oh, mercy, mercy [G#m] _
[C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they _
[A] used to be
What about this overcrowding?
[B] How [Em] much more [A] abuse from men can [C#m] she [G#m] stand? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] Mother, mother
Mother, [G#m] mother, mother
There's [C#m] too many of you crying
_ Brother, _
[B] _ [E] brother, brother
Brother, brother, brother
[C#m] There's far too many of you dying
_ _ You [F] know [F#m] we've got to find a way
_ To bring some [E] loving _ up here [A] today _ [G#m] _ Father, [E] father
We don't [C#m] need to _ escalate
You see, [G#m] war is not the answer
For only [C#m] love can [G#m] cause the [C#m] _ hate
Oh, you [D] know we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] understanding [E] here today
_ [F#m] _ _
Picket [C#] lines, sister
[B] And picket signs, [C#m] sister
[F#m] Don't punish me, [C#] sister
With [B] brutality, [F#m] sister
Talk to [F#] me, sister
[B] So [C#m] you can see, sister
[E] What's going _ _ [C#m] _ on?
I, [B] _ _ _ [C#m] I, _ _ _
[Em] I, I
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Am] Yeah, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] [G] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
_ _ [A] Beep, beep, [E] beep
Beep, beep, beep
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] Mother, _ [E] _ _ _ _ mother
[B] _ Everybody [C#m] thinks we're wrong
[G#] _ [G#m] _ Oh, but who would think to [D#m] judge [G#m] us
_ [D#m] Simply [C#m] cause our [D#m] hair is long
[G#m] _ Oh, you know [F#m] we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] [C#m] understanding here today
[F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] Picket [F#m] lines, brother
[B] And [E] picket signs, [F#m] brother
Don't punish me, brother
With [B] brutality, [F#m] brother
Come [C#m] on, talk to me, brother
[B] So you can see, [C#] brother
[G#m] What's going _ _ [C#m] on? _
[G#m] I'll _ tell you [C#m] what's going on
I, [E] I, I, I
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] Yeah, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah _
[Em] _ _ Where's Cru? _ _
Yeah, _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [A] Beep beep beep, [E] beep beep [C#m] beep
Better beep beep beep, [F#m] bye bye
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ oh, oh, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ oh
What you know girl
[Cm] I'm [D#] just getting back what you knew I would
[Cm] Oh, oh, oh, oh
When will it end
Oh, [G#] oh, oh, oh
[Cm] When will people start getting together [Fm]
again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are things [E] really getting better
Like [D#] the _ newspaper _ said
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What else is new my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Besides what I read
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh
Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Monday is tighter than it said forbid
[A#] Same [G#] man I just don't [D#] understand
What's going on across this land
Oh, what's happening brother
[Cm] Yeah, _ _ what's happening
What's happening to me
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are they still getting down where we used to go and dance
Oh, oh, oh, _ oh
Do you think they have a [A#] chance
[G#m] And tell me friend
[D#] How the world have you _ been
[Cm] Tell me what's up
I wanna know what's in
What's happening, what's happening brother
What's happening, what's happening brother _ _
Oh, what's happening brother _ _
What's happening man
_ Oh, _ _ oh, oh, oh
What's happening brother _ Say man
_ What's _ _ [B] _
_ been [D#m] shaking up and down the line
I wanna know cause I'm slightly behind the [G#m] _
[D#m] time
Oh, oh, oh, _
[A] _ oh
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Em] What's happening brother
_ _ What's happening _ [N]
brother
_ _ _ What's _ _ happening brother _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#]
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
[E] Woo [B]-woo [E]-woo-woo-woo-woo
Whoa! _
Oh mercy, mercy [B] me
[C#] _
Old [B] _ [E] things say what they used to be [F#m] No, no
Where did all the blue skies [A] go?
[Em] Poison is the [A] wind that blows
From the [Am] north and [E] south and east
Oh, mercy, mercy me
[C#m] _
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, [F#m] no, no
Oil wasted on the [A] ocean and upon [E] our seas
Fish [A] full of mercury
_ [E] Oh, _ [B] _ _ [E] mercy, mercy [C#m] me
_ _ Oh, things ain't what they used to [F#m] be, no, no
_ Radiation underground [A] and in the sky
Animals and birds who live [E] nearby are dying
_ Oh, mercy, mercy [G#m] _
[C#m] me
Oh, things ain't what they _
[A] used to be
What about this overcrowding?
[B] How [Em] much more [A] abuse from men can [C#m] she [G#m] stand? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] Mother, mother
Mother, [G#m] mother, mother
There's [C#m] too many of you crying
_ Brother, _
[B] _ [E] brother, brother
Brother, brother, brother
[C#m] There's far too many of you dying
_ _ You [F] know [F#m] we've got to find a way
_ To bring some [E] loving _ up here [A] today _ [G#m] _ Father, [E] father
We don't [C#m] need to _ escalate
You see, [G#m] war is not the answer
For only [C#m] love can [G#m] cause the [C#m] _ hate
Oh, you [D] know we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] understanding [E] here today
_ [F#m] _ _
Picket [C#] lines, sister
[B] And picket signs, [C#m] sister
[F#m] Don't punish me, [C#] sister
With [B] brutality, [F#m] sister
Talk to [F#] me, sister
[B] So [C#m] you can see, sister
[E] What's going _ _ [C#m] _ on?
I, [B] _ _ _ [C#m] I, _ _ _
[Em] I, I
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Am] Yeah, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] [G] yeah, yeah, [C#m] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
_ _ [A] Beep, beep, [E] beep
Beep, beep, beep
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] Mother, _ [E] _ _ _ _ mother
[B] _ Everybody [C#m] thinks we're wrong
[G#] _ [G#m] _ Oh, but who would think to [D#m] judge [G#m] us
_ [D#m] Simply [C#m] cause our [D#m] hair is long
[G#m] _ Oh, you know [F#m] we've got to [A] find a way
To bring some [Em] [C#m] understanding here today
[F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] Picket [F#m] lines, brother
[B] And [E] picket signs, [F#m] brother
Don't punish me, brother
With [B] brutality, [F#m] brother
Come [C#m] on, talk to me, brother
[B] So you can see, [C#] brother
[G#m] What's going _ _ [C#m] on? _
[G#m] I'll _ tell you [C#m] what's going on
I, [E] I, I, I
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] Yeah, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah _
[Em] _ _ Where's Cru? _ _
Yeah, _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [A] Beep beep beep, [E] beep beep [C#m] beep
Better beep beep beep, [F#m] bye bye
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ oh, oh, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ oh
What you know girl
[Cm] I'm [D#] just getting back what you knew I would
[Cm] Oh, oh, oh, oh
When will it end
Oh, [G#] oh, oh, oh
[Cm] When will people start getting together [Fm]
again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are things [E] really getting better
Like [D#] the _ newspaper _ said
Oh, oh, oh, oh
What else is new my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Besides what I read
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh
Can't find no work, can't find no job my friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Monday is tighter than it said forbid
[A#] Same [G#] man I just don't [D#] understand
What's going on across this land
Oh, what's happening brother
[Cm] Yeah, _ _ what's happening
What's happening to me
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, oh
Are they still getting down where we used to go and dance
Oh, oh, oh, _ oh
Do you think they have a [A#] chance
[G#m] And tell me friend
[D#] How the world have you _ been
[Cm] Tell me what's up
I wanna know what's in
What's happening, what's happening brother
What's happening, what's happening brother _ _
Oh, what's happening brother _ _
What's happening man
_ Oh, _ _ oh, oh, oh
What's happening brother _ Say man
_ What's _ _ [B] _
_ been [D#m] shaking up and down the line
I wanna know cause I'm slightly behind the [G#m] _
[D#m] time
Oh, oh, oh, _
[A] _ oh
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Em] What's happening brother
_ _ What's happening _ [N]
brother
_ _ _ What's _ _ happening brother _ _ _ _