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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