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What's Going On (chrom)

by Marvin Gaye · posted by WaltP

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Draw note
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Half-step bend
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Tab
WHAT’S GOING ON
By: Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland,
    Renaldo Benson
Key: E

Play one octave lower

 8*  7*   -8  8*
Moth-er, moth-er 
   8*   -8  -8  8* 7*  7* -6*  6
There's too man-y  of you cry-ing 
 10   -8    8*  7*   -8   8*
Broth-er, broth-er, broth-er 
   -8    8* -8  -8  8* 7*  7* -6*6 6
There's far too man-y  of you dy-ing 
 8*  7*   -6*   6 -6*  7*  6  6
You know we've got to find a way 
8*  10   -10* 11* 11* 11* -10*-10*9* 
To bring some lov-in' here to-day   
-9*9*-8
  Ya

8*  7*   -8  8*
Fa-ther, fa-ther 
8*  -8    -8  8* 7* 7* -6*6
We don't need to es-ca-late 
-6*  6   10  -8  8*  7* -8  8*
You see, war is not the an-swer 
-8  8* -8  -8   8*  7*  7*  -6*6
For on-ly love can con-quer hate 
 8*  7*   -6*   6 -6*  7*  6  6
You know we've got to find a way 
8*  10   -10* 11* 11* 11* -10*-10*9*
To bring some lov-in' here to-  day  
-9*9*-8
  Oh  

 7*  -8   8*   6   7*  -8   8*
Pick-et lines and pick-et signs 
  6    7* -8  8*  8*  10  8* -8 8*
Don't pun-ish me with bru-tal-i-ty 
 7*  -8 8*  6   7* -8   8*
Talk to me, so you can see 
11*   11* -10* 10 109*
Oh, what's go-ing  on 
  11* -10* 10 109*
What's go-ing  on 
-10*    11* -10* 10 109* 
Yeah, what's go-ing  on 
11*  11*  -10* 10 109*
Oh, what's go-ing  on  

 8*  7*   -8  8*
Moth-er, moth-er 
8*  -8 -8  8*  7*     7*  -6* 6
Ev-‘ry-bod-y thinks we're wrong 
-6*  6  10  -8   8*  7*  -8   8*
Ah, but who are they to judge us 
 8* -8    -8    8*  7*  7* -6*6
Sim-ply ‘cause our hair is long 
8*   8*  7*   -6*   6 -6*  7*  6  6
Ah, you know we've got to find a way 
8*   8*   10  10 -10* 11*  11* 11* -10* 9  
To bring some un-der-stand-ing here to-day 
-9*9*-8
  Oh
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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