Can't Stop The Music chords by Hall And Oates

Chords with lyrics

This is all my own work.

"Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)"
 Hall & Oates
 From the album "War Babies" (1974)

 This is the lead-off song from the album, and also the only song
that Oates sings. And it's a good one. Not terribly difficult to
play, either, although you have to be a little creative since it's
not much of a guitar song. (There is a little bit of guitar in there,
but it's mostly keyboard/bass led). First I'll just lay out the
chords, then tab out my own guitar arragement below that.


Intro: A5( )

G+G   F# minorF#m    B minorBm

Verse:

            A augmentedA   D/AD/A   G/AG/A   D/AD/A
"He's the star.."

(x4)


Chorus:

G+G   F# minorF#m   B minorBm   D/ED/E


Break:

A augmentedA   G/AG/A   C/AC/A   D/AD/A


Verse/Chorus/Break repeat


Bridge:

B minorBm  C# minorC#m  D MajorD   D/ED/E   A augmentedA

B minorBm  C# minorC#m  D MajorD   D/ED/E


Verse/Chorus/Break

Outro:

  A augmentedA             G/AG/A
"Then we.."


Here's my shot at a solo guitar arragement. Standard Tuning, No Capo.


Intro:

E----5------5-----------------3----------2-------------------------
B-------5------5--------------3----------2------------3------------
G-----------------------------------------------------4------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A----0------0-----------------------------------------2------------
E-----------------------------3----------2-------------------------
        x8( ) Then:      G+G         F# minorF#m           B minorBm


Verse: ("He's the star..)

E------0--------------0--------------0-----------0-------------------
B------5--------------7--------------8-----------7-------------------
G------6--------------7--------------7-----------7------------------- (x4)
D------7--------------7--------------9-----------7-------------------
A------0--------------0--------------0-----------0-------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
       A augmentedA             D/AD/A           G/AG/A         D/AD/A


Chorus: ("Can't stop the music..")

E-----3---------2---------7--------0---------------------------------
B-----3---------2---------7--------7---------------------------------
G-----4---------2---------7--------7---------------------------------
D-----5---------4---------9--------7---------------------------------
A-----5---------4---------9--------x---------------------------------
E-----3---------2---------7--------0---------------------------------
      G+G        F# minorF#m       B minorBm       D/ED/E


Break:

E----0------0-------0------0-----------------------------------------
B----5------3-------5------7-----------------------------------------
G----6------4-------5------7-----------------------------------------
D----7------5-------5------7-----------------------------------------
A----0------0-------0------0-----------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
     A augmentedA     G/AG/A     C/AC/A    D/AD/A


Bridge: ("Wouldn't believe your ears..")  (x2, but omit the A augmentedA chord
the second time)

E---2--------4-------5-------x--------5-------------------------------
B---3--------5-------7-------7--------5-------------------------------
G---4--------6-------7-------7--------6-------------------------------
D---4--------6-------7-------7--------7-------------------------------
A---2--------4-------5-------7--------7-------------------------------
E---x--------x-------x-------x--------5-------------------------------
 B minorBm      C# minorC#m    D MajorD      D/ED/E      A augmentedA

Repeat Verse, Chorus, Break.

Then, the outro ("Then we go like this and we go like that..") is
just these
two chords over and over:

E----5-----------3-------------------------------------------------
B----5-----------3-------------------------------------------------
G----6-----------4-------------------------------------------------
D----7-----------5-------------------------------------------------
A----0-----------0-------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
     A augmentedA          G/AG/A

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