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What's Happening, Brother ?

Marvin Gaye
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Emaug5 w5 /A Fmaug5 w5 /Bb
 Hey  baby,  what'cha  know  good
  Gmaug5 w5 /C
 I'm just gettin' back, but you knew I would
 War is  hell, when will  it end,
 When  will people start gettin' together  again
 Faug5 w5/  Cdim7/[G] Abmaj7th
 Are things really gettin' better, like the newspaper said
 
 What  else is new my friend, besides what I read
 Can't  find  no work, can't find no job my friend
 Money is tighter than it's ever been
 Say man, I  just don't  understand
 What's going on across  this land
Ah  what's  happening brother,
Oh  ya, what's  happening my man
 Are  they  still gettin' down where we used to go and dance
 Will our ball club win the pennant,
 do you think they have a chance
And  tell  me friend,  how in the world have you  been.
Tell  me  what's out and I want to know what's in.
What's the  deal man, what's happening
What's  happening brother
 Ah what's happening brother
 What's happening my man
 Ah what's happening brother
 Ebmaug5 w5 /Ab
 What's been shaken up and down the line
 I want to know cause I'm slightly behind the time.

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Readable chord sheet for What's Happening, Brother ? by Marvin Gaye

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

Emaug5 w5 /A     Fmaug5 w5 /Bb

Hey[Fm] ba[D]by, what'[E/G]cha kno[Abm]w go[G]od

   Gmaug5 w5 /C
I'm just gettin' back, but you knew I would

W[Eb]ar [F]is hell, when w[F7]ill it end,

W[Fm7]hen will people start getti[Ab]n' [Bb]together ag[Bb]ain

Faug5 w5/[Bb]           C
Are things really gettin' better, like the newspaper said

 [Eb] [F]         [F7]           [Fm7]
Wha[Bb]t else is new my friend, besides what I read

C[Abmaj7]an't fi[Bb]nd no work, can't find no job my friend
Money is tighter than it's ever been

S[Ab]ay [Bb]man, [Abm]I just don[Gm7]'t understand

What's going on a[Cm7]cross this land

[Abmaj7]Ah what[F]'s happening brother,

[Abmaj7]Oh ya, [Bb]what's happening my man

A[Abmaj7]re they[Bb] still gettin' down where we used to go and dance
Will our ball club win the pennant,
do you think they have a chance

[Ab]And[Bb] tell[Abm] me friend[Gm7], how in the world have yo[Cm7]u been.

[Abmaj7]Tell me[F] what's out and I want to know what's in.

[Abmaj7]What's [Bb]the deal man, what's happening

[Abmaj7]What's happening brother
Ah what's happening brother
What's happening my man
Ah what's happening brother

Ebmaug5 w5 /Ab
What's been shaken up and down the line
I want to know cause I'm slightly behind the time.

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