Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
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Key: G
♫ Intro:
G C Em C Am
♫ Verse 1:
G C Em
If а man can't see his shadow
C Am
He can block your sun all day
G
He can make you small
F A D7
He has the power to take his love away
G C Em
Six hours on the grapevine
C Am
And I feel kidnapped this time
G
Cause my baby thinks
G/F
He always believes
C Am
That he's, always right
D7
But I still think of him at night
♫ Pre-Chorus:
D A
Ooh, you know I would
C
Go back to the camp
Em
With the kerosene lamps in the woods
D A
Ooh, when you were mine
C
And I was yours for а time
♫ Chorus:
G C Em C Am
On the grapevine
G C Em A C
On the grapevine
♫ Verse 2:
G C Em
California's my body
C Am
And your fire runs over me
G
My car broke down
G7 F
In an old ghost town right around
A D7
Where they got James Dean
G C Em
Emotional Cowboy
C Am
With no hat and no boots
G C Em
He stayed up all night
C A
Trying to beat up the moon
♫ Pre-Chorus:
D A
Ooh, you know I would
C
Go back to the camp
Em
With the kerosene lamps in the woods
D A
Ooh, when you were mine
C
And I was yours for а time
♫ Chorus:
G C Em C Am
On the grapevine
G C Em A C
On the grapevine
♫ Verse 3:
G C Em
Don't know when I'm gonna see you, boy
C Am
Oh
I've been waiting for the time
G
When I see the light
G/F C Am
Shining across the freeway late at night
D9
Start to drift over the line
G Em
And it hits me for the first time
B7
Now we're just two cars passing by
♫ Chorus:
D7 G C Em C Am
On the grapevine
G C Em C Am
On the grapevine
G C Em A C G
On the grapevine
Song History
Published: November 24, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025