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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

Marvin Gaye

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...TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY... by Marvin Gaye
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*Released 1969*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: C#)


Intro:

C       Dm
 Uh-huh huh,
   C
Oh yeah,
   Dm
Oh listen to me people...

Verse 1:

C
 I ain't got time,
   Dm
To think about money,
C               Dm
 Or what it can buy.
    C
And I ain't got time,
   Dm
To sit down and wonder,
C                   Dm
 What makes a birdy fly.
      C
And I don't have the time
Dm
 To think about,
C                    Dm
 what makes a flower grow.
      C
And I never gave it,
Dm
 Second thought.
   F         Dm    C
To where the river flows.

Chorus 1:

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C 
For nothin' else.
Oh yeah, now...

Verse 2:

          C
I said uh I ain't got time,
       Dm
To dis-cuss the weather,
   C                    Dm
Or how long it's gonna' last.
       C
And uh I ain't got time,
   Dm
To do no studyin',
C                  Dm
 Once I get out of class.
            C
Tellin' you I'm...
       Dm
Just a fella,
              C
Said I got a,
          Dm
One track mind.
            C
And when it comes to thinkin',
      Dm
'Bout anything but my baby,
  F          Dm       C
I just don't have the time.

Chorus 2:

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else.
Don't you know I'm...

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else.
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh.
Yeah, yeah.

Interlude:

C

Verse 3:

        C
All the diamonds and pearls,
Dm
 In the world,
      C               Dm 
Could never match her worth.
           C           Dm
Naw, she's some kinda' wonderful,
People tell ya';
C
 I've got heaven,
      Dm
Right here on earth.
C
 I'm...
       Dm
Just a fella
              C
Said I got a,
          Dm
One track mind.
            C
And when it comes to thinkin',
      Dm
'Bout anything but my baby,
  F          Dm       C
I just don't have the time.

Chorus 2:

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else.
You know it.

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else.

Coda:

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else, no no.

C
 (Too busy thinkin',
         Dm
'Bout my baby),
      F         Dm
And I ain't got time,
            C
For nothin' else, no no.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       Dm      F

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  xx0231  133211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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