What's Going On?

Words & Music:

Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland & Renaldo Benson

 

This is played with a capo on the 2nd fret, so the original key sounds in E, not D.  This is transcribed in Guitar World.

 

DM7                              Bm7

Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying.

DM7                                             Bm7

Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying.

               Em7

You know we've got to find a way

              A13sus4            A13

To bring some lovin' here today, hey.

 

Father, father, we don't need to escalate.

War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate.

You know we've got to find a way

To bring some lovin' here today.

 

CHORUS:

Em7              A13sus4              Em7            A13sus4

Picket lines and picket signs.  Don't punish me with brutality.

Em7            A13sus4

Talk to me, so you can see...

A13       DM7               Bm7

Oh what's going on?  What's going on?

             DM7                   Bm7

Yeah, what's going on?  Ah, what's going on>

 

INTERLUDE: [improv vocals over:]

Gm9 [8 measures]   A13sus4 [8 measures]

Ahhh--------------------------------------!

 

Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong.

Ah, but who are they to judge us?

Simply 'cause our hair is long.

Ah, you know we've got to find a way

To bring some understanding here today.

 

CHORUS:

 

OUTRO:  [repeat Interlude and out]

 




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