Listen To The Music
Words & Music:
Tom Johnston
This is fully tabbed in the
December 2009 issue of Guitar World. It is in E and in standard tuning. The recording is about 25 cents flat, which has convinced
some it is in D. The intro tab
given is pretty darned close.
Intro: [9th fret E chord]
e--------------------------------|
B------9--9-------9--9---10--9---|
G--9------9---9------9---9---9---|
D--9------9---9------9---11--9---|
A—-9>11---11--9>11---11--9---11--|
E--------------------------------|
I suggest playing the 9th fret with a first finger barre
and hammering on with the third finger.
E
A
E
C#m
Don't you feel it growin', day
by day, people gettin' ready for the news?
B A
E
Some are happy, some are
sad. Oh, we got to let the music
play.
What the people need is a way
to make 'em smile.
It ain't so hard to do if you
know how.
B
A
E
Gotta get a message, get it on
through. Oh, now, mama, don't you
ask me why.
CHORUS:
C#m A
Oh, oh, listen to the
music. [3x]
F#7 A [full riff is: Aadd9 AM9 A6/9 AM9 Aadd9 A6/9]
All the time-------.
Well I know, you know better
everything I say.
Meet me in the country for a
day.
We'll be happy and we'll
dance; oh, we're gonna dance our blues away.
And if I'm feelin' good to
you
and you're feelin' good to me,
There ain't nothin' we can't
do or say.
Feelin' good, feeling
fine;
oh, baby, let the music play
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
E
D/E A
E
Like a lazy flowing river
surrounding castles in the sky
E
D/E
And the crowd is growing
bigger...
A
Listenin' for the happy sounds
and I got to let them fly.
CHORUS: [repeat and out]