Heard It Through The Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
[Main Riff]

e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-0----0-3--0--|--0-0--3-2--0-|-0----0-3--0--|--0-0--3-2--0-|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

basic rythym:
___ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | cont.

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
as performed by
Creedence Clearwater Revival

[Intro]

play main riff twice.


[1st verse]

Dm A7 G
Bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout you're plans to make me blue
Dm A7
with some other guy that you knew before. Between the two of us guys you
G Bm G Dm
know I love you more. It took me by surprise I must say, when I found out
G
yesterday. Oo I


[Chorus]

Dm G
heard it through the grapevine not much longer would
Dm G
you be mine. Oo I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to
Dm
lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah.


play main riff twice:


[Verse 2]

(same progression)

You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold
inside. Losin' you would end my life you see, cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself that you found someone else. Instead I


[Chorus]

Dm G
heard it through the grapevine not much longer would
Dm G
you be mine. Oo I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to
Dm
lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah.

play main riff twice


[verse 3]

People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear.
I can't help bein' confused if it's true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go for the other guy that you knew before?
Oo I


[Chorus]

Dm G
heard it through the grapevine not much longer would
Dm G
you be mine. Oo I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to
Dm
lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah.
B.C.


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"The blues is a low down achein' chill" Robert Johnson
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hello everybody,
after just downloading "i heard it" etc. from the Nevada site, i thought hay,
why don't i put my own in. here goes

ok, just to start off things, put your FIRST finger on the second fret, THIRD
string. this will make it a lot easier!:-)


e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2--2--2--------2-2----2---------------------------|
D|---0-----0--3--0--------0-0----3--2-0----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

repeat 40000's times

that's basically it. there's two guitars in the song. the first plays that
part and the other plays a reptiotion of the following chords:

Dm A7 G. then the end of the verse comes in, and i guess you can
throw in a Bm. here are the verses:-)


[Verse 1]

Bet you're wondering how i knew 'bout your plans to make me blue, with some
other guy that you knew before. between the two of us guys you knew i love
you more. it took me by surprise i must say when i found yesterday

Ooh I


[Chrous]

heard it through the grapvine, not much longer would you be mine. honey honey
yeah:


[Verse 2]

you know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears i can't hold
inside. losin you would end my like you see, cause you mean that much to me.
you could have told me yourself that you found someone else. instead I


[Chrous]

heard it through the grapvine, not much longer would you be mine. honey honey
yeah:


[Verse 3]

people say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear. I
can't help being confused if it's true please tell me dear? do u plan to let
me go for the others guy that you knew before.

Oooh I


[Chrous]

p.s. if there are 2 guitar players around, one person play the crap at the
top, and another play the samething, but just improvise.
3rd String-5th string
4th String-6th string,
meaning, the other person play a nice bassy part, just following the same
shit at the top, but using 3rd string as the 5th string.


any problems, confusion, Death threats, requests, (Live (the group), AC/DC,
Sringe Toting PIlots!) anything, or if your just sitiing around your Dorm,
bored, and if want to talk about modern music, mail me!

RRamsey617@aol.com
:-)
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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Tabbed By : Robert Sizemore
e-mail: rks8207@uncw.edu
Artists: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album: Chronicle/Cosmo's Factory
Song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Tuning: Drop-D - DADGBD

I decided to do a more explicit tab of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". The song can
divided into 3 parts which I'll call intro, verse, and chorus. The intro is played as a
between the chorus/verse and as a bridge between the chorus/solo.

Intro:

Guitar 1:

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------| x 4
D-------------------------------------------------|
A--5~-5-8-5~-5~-8-7~------------------------------|
E--0~-0-0-0~-0~-0~0~------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Alternative, for different sound/more fun):

E-------------------------------------------------|
B--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-------------------------------|
G--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-------------------------------| x 4
D--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-------------------------------|
A--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-------------------------------|
E--0--0-3-0--0--3-2-------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (fade in after drums start):

D5
E--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------------------|
B--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---------------------|
G--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---------------------| x 2
D--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

*Guitar 2's part in the intro is played 4 times for every repeated instance*

Verse 1:


D5 A G5
E---5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-------------3~--3-3-3--3-3--|
B---3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2~--2-2---3~--3-3-3--3-3--|
G---2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2~--2-2---0~--0-0-0--0-0--|
D---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---2~--2-2---0~--0-0-0--0-0--| x 2
A------------------------------0~--0-0---x---x-x-x--x-x--|
E----------------------------------------5~--5-5-5--5-5--|

Bm G5 D5 G5
E--2-2--2-2-2--3-3--3-3-3--5-5--5-5-5--3-3--3-3-3---------|
B--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3---------|
G--4-4--4-4-4--0-0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0---------| x 1
D--4-4--4-4-4--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0---------|
A--2-2--2-2-2--x-x--x-x-x--------------x-x--x-x-x---------|
E--------------5-5--5-5-5--------------5-5--5-5-5---------|


Chorus:

D5 G5
E--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
B--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
G--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----|
D--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----| x 2
A-------------------------------x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x----|
E-------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5----|

Too lazy/unskilled to tab the solo out...

Solo1: improvise in D-pentatonic

Solo2: D-pentatonic, D-blues

Song Structure:

Intro
Verse1
Chorus
Intro
Verse2
Chorus
Intro
Verse3
Chorus
Intro
Solo1 - Verse/Chorus/Intro/Verse
Chorus
Solo2 - Chorus x 64 (very rough estimate, I didn't count)
intro (fade out)

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Song info
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2001
  • Rock
  • Blues Rock
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