Chords for the Motown Sound
Tempo:
62.3 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Am
Ab
Bbm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb]
[Cm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb] [Ebm] Detroit, Michigan.
Town.
I'm ready for a brand new beat.
standing in the street.
not a New Orleans
[A] we need is music.
[Cm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb] [Ebm] Detroit, Michigan.
Town.
I'm ready for a brand new beat.
standing in the street.
not a New Orleans
[A] we need is music.
100% ➙ 62BPM
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Am
Ab
Bbm
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[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ebm] Detroit, Michigan.
Motor Town.
[Bb] Motown.
This is the Motown [E] Sound. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm ready for a brand new beat.
_ [E] I'm here, and I'm
_ standing in the street.
There's _ _ _ not a New Orleans
person in New York City.
All [A] we need is music.
We need music.
There'll be music, _ _
[E] we play records,
we're dancing in the street.
[Ab] Oh, _ what you wear
[Dbm] _ is your special
[Gbm] cloth, _ crown,
[B] and you're not
allowed in the [E] world.
There'll be dancing,
there'll be dancing in the street. _
This is an invitation,
a proclamation,
a chance for hope to meet.
There'll be laughing,
singing, and music swinging.
Dance center in the street.
Philadelphia, 58,
in the country.
Baltimore, N.C.,. 9. Can't forget the Motor City. _ All we [A] need is music. We need music. There'll be music everywhere. We're [E] dancing, we're playing records, we're dancing in the street. _ [Ab] _ What you wear [Dbm] is your special cloth, [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [B] crown, _ [E] and you're not there'll be dancing in the street. We're down in L.A., every day, there's dancing in the street. It's a _ dance with the angel in the street. _ Push your ocean, girl. [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ You're sweet, as a honeybee, [Dm] but like a honeybee sting, you're blowing up my heart [Am] in pain. All you left, is the memory [Dm] song, the one we danced to all night [Am] long. It used to bring sweet memories, [Dm] but what came next was that you stood [C] there. Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been [C] gone. Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, and it [F] breaks me up to heart. [Am] Oh, I still remember, still I remember [Dm] that old love song. I'm gonna [Am] try, let the melodies keep on in [Dm] me, reminding me how in love we used [Am] to be. Here in the park, I used to touch the [Dm] floor, singing together forever, breaking up [C] never. It's the same [G] old song, can't you [Dm] hear it? Since you've been gone. Now it's the [Am] same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] Precious memories, keep on ringing in my [Dm] _ ears, I'm singing this [Am] song. Now to this new me, yes, [Dm] I only remember this. The happiness we [Am] used to have, we used to dance to the music, we used to dance to the music, [Dm] like something, music, like we'll dance to the music. [Am] It's the same [G] old song, but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [Am] Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [A] _ [Am] Oh, I can't die to hear it. It's the same [G] old song, but [Dm] with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [C] It's the same old song, [Ab] but with a different meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ I [Cm] want to spread the news, [Fm] all around, _ _ [Cm] about the new love, [Fm] that I found. _ [Db] I found the love that I've been looking [Bbm] for, now I [Eb] don't have to look no [Ab] more. And it's headline news, [Bbm] and it's headline [Eb] news. Don't you [Ab] hear them saying, _ [Gb] you better read your body. [Bbm] The _ [Cm] world is at my feet, [Fm] there's a halo around my head. [Bbm] I went [Cm] out searching for gold, [F] but I found love instead. [Db] She's [F] the wish, a dream come [Bbm] true. I guess you might say I struck [Ab] gold too. And it's headline [F] news, [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. And everybody's [Ab] saying, you better read about it. [Db] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ [F] I found my baby, and [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. Don't you [Ab] hear them saying, _ _ read about [Gb] it. _ [Bbm] In [Cm] my neighborhood, [Fm] they say, oh, what a change in me. [Bbm] People [Cm] say, when I walk [Fm] by, it's not hard to see. She [F] brings out the best in [Bbm] me, lights me up [G] like a Christmas tree. [Ab] And it's headline [F] news, [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. I don't you hear them saying, you [Gb] better [Ab] read about it. You know I found [Ab] my baby, _ and it's headline [Gb] news. _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ebm] Detroit, Michigan.
Motor Town.
[Bb] Motown.
This is the Motown [E] Sound. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm ready for a brand new beat.
_ [E] I'm here, and I'm
_ standing in the street.
There's _ _ _ not a New Orleans
person in New York City.
All [A] we need is music.
We need music.
There'll be music, _ _
[E] we play records,
we're dancing in the street.
[Ab] Oh, _ what you wear
[Dbm] _ is your special
[Gbm] cloth, _ crown,
[B] and you're not
allowed in the [E] world.
There'll be dancing,
there'll be dancing in the street. _
This is an invitation,
a proclamation,
a chance for hope to meet.
There'll be laughing,
singing, and music swinging.
Dance center in the street.
Philadelphia, 58,
in the country.
Baltimore, N.C.,. 9. Can't forget the Motor City. _ All we [A] need is music. We need music. There'll be music everywhere. We're [E] dancing, we're playing records, we're dancing in the street. _ [Ab] _ What you wear [Dbm] is your special cloth, [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [B] crown, _ [E] and you're not there'll be dancing in the street. We're down in L.A., every day, there's dancing in the street. It's a _ dance with the angel in the street. _ Push your ocean, girl. [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ You're sweet, as a honeybee, [Dm] but like a honeybee sting, you're blowing up my heart [Am] in pain. All you left, is the memory [Dm] song, the one we danced to all night [Am] long. It used to bring sweet memories, [Dm] but what came next was that you stood [C] there. Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been [C] gone. Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, and it [F] breaks me up to heart. [Am] Oh, I still remember, still I remember [Dm] that old love song. I'm gonna [Am] try, let the melodies keep on in [Dm] me, reminding me how in love we used [Am] to be. Here in the park, I used to touch the [Dm] floor, singing together forever, breaking up [C] never. It's the same [G] old song, can't you [Dm] hear it? Since you've been gone. Now it's the [Am] same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] Precious memories, keep on ringing in my [Dm] _ ears, I'm singing this [Am] song. Now to this new me, yes, [Dm] I only remember this. The happiness we [Am] used to have, we used to dance to the music, we used to dance to the music, [Dm] like something, music, like we'll dance to the music. [Am] It's the same [G] old song, but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [Am] Now it's the same [G] old song, [Dm] but with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [A] _ [Am] Oh, I can't die to hear it. It's the same [G] old song, but [Dm] with a different meaning, since you've been gone. [C] It's the same old song, [Ab] but with a different meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ I [Cm] want to spread the news, [Fm] all around, _ _ [Cm] about the new love, [Fm] that I found. _ [Db] I found the love that I've been looking [Bbm] for, now I [Eb] don't have to look no [Ab] more. And it's headline news, [Bbm] and it's headline [Eb] news. Don't you [Ab] hear them saying, _ [Gb] you better read your body. [Bbm] The _ [Cm] world is at my feet, [Fm] there's a halo around my head. [Bbm] I went [Cm] out searching for gold, [F] but I found love instead. [Db] She's [F] the wish, a dream come [Bbm] true. I guess you might say I struck [Ab] gold too. And it's headline [F] news, [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. And everybody's [Ab] saying, you better read about it. [Db] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ [F] I found my baby, and [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. Don't you [Ab] hear them saying, _ _ read about [Gb] it. _ [Bbm] In [Cm] my neighborhood, [Fm] they say, oh, what a change in me. [Bbm] People [Cm] say, when I walk [Fm] by, it's not hard to see. She [F] brings out the best in [Bbm] me, lights me up [G] like a Christmas tree. [Ab] And it's headline [F] news, [Bbm] it's headline [Eb] news. I don't you hear them saying, you [Gb] better [Ab] read about it. You know I found [Ab] my baby, _ and it's headline [Gb] news. _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
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