"What's going on"
                                         (Marvin Gaye)

*Additions - scroll down*

Album: What's going on

Transcribed by: me!

Email: Piper707@hotmail.com / or above address.

Note: There's already a version of this in the archive. Somehow it didn't sound right to me. 
The song is originally in the key of E. This is in the key of C. This is how I play this classic
on the acoustic and it sounds great.

Chords: E A D G B e
Cmaj7   3 3 2 0 0 0
Am      x 0 2 2 1 0
Dm7     x x 0 2 1 1 (use for verses)
Dm7     x 5 7 5 6 5 (use for chorus)
G6      3 5 3 4 5 3
G7-III  3 5 3 4 6 3
G7-I    3 2 0 0 0 1
F7      1 3 1 2 4 1


Verse:

Cmaj7                               Am
Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
Cmaj7                                             Am
Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying
                Dm7
You know we've got to find a way
               G6           G7-III  G7-I 
To bring some lovin' here today, hey

Cmaj7                           Am
Father, father, we don't need to escalate
Cmaj7                                  Am
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
               Dm7
You know we've got to find a way
               G6          G7-III G7-I
To bring some lovin' here today

Chorus: (I don't think there's a chord change in the chorus, a Dm7 actually plays all throughout 
and the bass covers up, but without a bass, the switch sounds pretty good)

  Dm7                     G6
Picket lines (sister) and picket signs (sister)
      Dm7                     G6
Don't punish me (sister) with brutality (sister)
Dm7                     G6
Talk to me (sister), so you can see (sister)
G7-III G7-I        Cmaj7                            Am
Oh.....     what's going on (whats goin on), what's going on (whats goin on)
             Cmaj7                                Am    
Yeah, what's going on (whats goin on), ah, what's going on (whats goin on)
  F7                                                        G7
Ahhh..right on brother....right on.....wow ooovava...... ;-)

Verse:

Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong
Ah but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cos our hair is long
Ah you know we'ver got to find a way
To brind some understanding here today

Chorus:

Picket lines (brother) and picket signs (brother)
Don't punish me (brother) with brutality (brother)
Talk to me (brother), so you can see (brother)
What's going on (whats goin on), yeah what's going on (whats goin on)
Tell me what's going on (whats goin on) I'll tell you what's going on (whats goin on)
Huu Ahhh.........to fade.

         ****************corrections/improvements welcome!!!****************

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Many thanks to Coons (coons@accel.net) for sending in some suggestions about this transcription.

Here's what he sent me - try this out, it sounds fantastic!!!

>Hi,
>
>I've just a few suggestions for you're transcription.  I've played this in
>my oldies band for years and we do it as a medley with Mercy Mercy Me.  I'm
>doing it from memory, since we screwed around with the key a lot.
>
>I think the song actually is in E.
>
>odd chords:
>
>Ab/Bb ==  123456
>                    x456x6
>
>A/B ==  123456
>                x567x7
>
>B13 == 123456
>               x987x7
>
>Am9 == 123456
>                755575
>
>So it is:
>
>Intro Ab/Bb to A/B
>
>Verse
>
>Emaj7                                                          Dbm7
>Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying
>
>Emaj7                                                           Dbm7
>Brother, Brother, there's too many of you dying
>
>                             Gbm7
>You know we've got to find a way
>
>                           A/B                         B13
>To bring some loving here today
>
>
>Verse 2
>
>Chorus
>
>Gbm7                  A/B
>Picket lines and picket signs
>
>           Gbm7                A/B
>Don't punish me with brutality
>
>                 Gbm7
>Come on talk to me
>
>       A/B                 B13
>So you can see
>
>              Emaj7                   Dbm7
>What's going on, what's going on
>
>              Emaj7                  Dbm7
>What's going on, what's going on
>
>BRIDGE
>
>Am9
>A ya ya ya ya ......
>
>I yi yi yi .....
>
>A/B
>B bbbbb ...
>
>Bbbb ba ...
>
>Verse 3
>
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