| Intro | Am |
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| Bet you're wondering how I knew |
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| ‘bout your | plans to make me | blue |
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| with some other | guy that you knew before. |
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| Between the two of us | guys you know I love you | more. |
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| It took me by | surprise I must | say, |
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| when I | found out yester | day. Ooh |
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| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |
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| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |
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| You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, |
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| but these | tears I can't hold | inside. |
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| Losin' | you would end my life you see, |
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| cause you | mean that much to | me. |
| F#m | D | Am | D | |
| You could have | told me your | self that you | found someone | else. |
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| Am | Am | |
| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |
| Am | Am | |
| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |
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| People say believe half of what you see, |
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| son, and | none of what you | hear. |
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| I can't | help bein' confused |
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| if it's | true please tell me | dear |
| F#m | D | |
| Do you | plan to let me | go |
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| for the other | guy that you knew | before? |
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| Am | Am | |
| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |
| Am | Am | |
| I | heard it through the grapevine not much longer would you be my | baby |