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Private Eyes

Hall And Oates
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
note,
note,
note,
 (or  5),  5 (or ),  (or  5),  (or  5),
 Dm (or D 5), repeat the previous lines then play
 A b, (Maybe play a B b after the A b, I'm not sure.
 Listen to the recording.)
 "I see you and you..."
 Note: You might be able to substitute A b major 7 for
 the A b in the verse chords
 "Cause girl.."
 2nd Part
 "No lie"
 7, , ,
 "You can't escape.."
 "Private eyes are watching you!!!"
 (or  5),  (or  5),  (or  5),  (or  5),
 (or ), ,
 "Private eyes"
 (or  5),  (or  5),  (or  5),  (or  5),
,  (  is optional)
 F, "are watching you, watching you...."
 2nd Guitar solo transcribed for keyboard.
, , , ,  then to the Special part
 Special Part:
 "Why do you try to put up.."
 F major 7, (You can also use an Am.)
 "step forth into any disguise.."
 Back to the Chorus
 "private eyes!!..."
 Chords defined:
 G chord - G note, B note, D note
 C chord - C note, E note, G note
 chord -  note,  note,  note
 chord -  note,  note,  note
 Am chord - A note, C note, E note
 Dm chord - D note, F note, A note
 A 5 chord - A note, E note
 D 5 chord - D note, A note
 C 5 chord - C note, G note
 F major 7 chord - F note, A note, C note, E note
 A b major 7 chord - A b note, C note, E note, G note

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Readable chord sheet for Private Eyes by Hall And Oates

[C]note,   [B]           [G]                   [A]                           [C]                                   [B]                                           [G]

[F]note,   [D]           [E]                   [E]                           [E]                                   [F]                                           [G]

[A]note,   [C]           [B]                   [G]                           [A]                                   [C]                                           [B]

[G]       [F]       [E] [B]

[D]       [C]       [E] [B]       [D]       [C]       [E] [B]

[D]       [C]       [C]       [D]       [C]

[Am] (or [A] 5), [G]  5 (or [G]), [Am] (or [A] 5), [C]  (or [C] 5),

Dm (or D 5), repeat the previous lines then play

A b, (Maybe play a B b after the A b, I'm not sure.

Listen to the recording.)

"I see you and you..."

[C]  [G]  [C]  [G]  [A] [B]  [B] [B]

Note: You might be able to substitute A b major 7 for

the A b in the verse chords

"Cause girl.."

[C]  [G]  [C]  [G]  [A] [B]  [B] [B]

2nd Part

"No lie"

[F] 7, [C], [G],

"You can't escape.."

[A] [B]  [B] [B]

"Private eyes are watching you!!!"

[Am] (or [A] 5), [G] (or [G] 5), [Am] (or [A] 5), [C] (or [C] 5),

[Dm] (or [D5]), [F],

"Private eyes"

[Am] (or [A] 5), [G] (or [G] 5), [Am] (or [A] 5), [C] (or [C] 5),

[Am], ([Am] is optional)

F, "are watching you, watching you...."

[A] [B]  [B] [B]

2nd Guitar solo transcribed for keyboard.

[E]       [A]       [E]       [D]       [C]

[A]       [C]       [C]       [E]       [E]       [E]

[A]       [E]       [D]       [C]       [A]       [C]

[E] [B]       [B] [B]       [B] [B]       [G]       [B] [B]

[C]       [B] [B]       [E] [B]       [E] [B]       [B] [B]

[B] [B]       [G]       [B] [B]       [E] [B]       [A]

[G]       [D]       [E]

[Am], [A] [B], [Am], [G], then to the Special part

Special Part:

"Why do you try to put up.."

F major 7, (You can also use an Am.)

"step forth into any disguise.."

[B] [B]  [Dm]  [G]

Back to the Chorus

"private eyes!!..."

Chords defined:

G chord - G note, B note, D note

C chord - C note, E note, G note

[A] [B] chord - [A] [B] note, [C] note, [E] [B] note

[B] [B] chord - [B] [B] note, [D] note, [F] note

Am chord - A note, C note, E note

Dm chord - D note, F note, A note

A 5 chord - A note, E note

D 5 chord - D note, A note

C 5 chord - C note, G note

F major 7 chord - F note, A note, C note, E note

A b major 7 chord - A b note, C note, E note, G note

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