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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