Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
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Intro
Verse 1
Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew,
'Bout your plans to make me blue.
With some other guy you knew be-fore,
Between two of us guys, you know I loved you more.
Bridge 1
It took me by sur-prise, I must say,
When I found out yester-day. Don't you know that:
Chorus 1
I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break
(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Verse 2
I know a man ain't sup-posed to cry,
But these tears, I can't hold in-side.
Losing you, would end my life, you see,
'Cos you mean that much to me.
Bridge 2
You could have told me your-self,
That you loved someone else.
Chorus 2
Instead, I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break
(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Interlude
Verse 3
People say; believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear.
But I can't help, but be con-fused,
If it's true, please tell me, dear.
Bridge 3
Do you plan to let me go,
For the other guy you loved be-fore?
Chorus 3
I heard it through the grape-vine;
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break
(I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Coda
(with Vocal Ad-Libs)
(Repeat to Fade)
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