I Heard It Through The Grapevine Chords

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I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, F, E, A7, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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16
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Intro: Dm - F - Dm - F - E :|| (4x) 
  
Verso 1: 
Dm                                                A7          G  
Bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout you're plans to make me blue  
  
                Dm                                                   A7  
with some other guy that you knew before.  Between the two of us guys you   
  
                G                         Bm            G         Dm  
know I love you more.  It took me by surprise I must say,  when I found out  
  
G  
yesterday. Oo I  
  
 
Dm                                         G  
heard it through the grapevine  not much longer would   
  
                   Dm                                          G  
you be mine.  Oo I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to  
  
                                 Dm  
lose my mind.  Honey, honey yeah.   
  
play main riff twice:  
  
Verse 2  same progression  
  
You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold  
inside.  Losin' you would end my life you see, cause you mean that much to me.  
You could have told me yourself that you found someone else.  Instead I  
  
chorus  
  
play main riff twice  
  
verse 3  
People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear.  
I can't help bein' confused if it's true please tell me dear?  
Do you plan to let me go for the other guy that you knew before?  
Oo I   
  
chorus  
  
Enjoy!  
  


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante