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The Whole Town's Talking Chords

Music by: Billy Paul
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[Intro 1]
[G][F]
[G][F][G]
[F][G][F][G]
[F][G][F]

[Verse 1]
[G]I got the news today,
[F]I h[G]eard it through the grapevine
[F]Eve[G]rybody say[F]s tha[D]t I'm[G]
yours and you're mine

[Verse 2]
An[F]d n[Am]ow th[G]e [C]whole
[Bm]town's talking
[C]The whole town [Bm]is talking
[Am]Talking 'bout you and [Dsus4]me,
[C]you[G] and me[F]
I knew somebody [G]saw [F]us

[Verse 3]
[G]I thought nobody knew,
[F]I t[G]hought we had a s[F]ecret
Now [G]every place I go,
[F]people sto[G]pped there and whi[F]spered
And [Am]now [G]the

[Verse 4]
[C]whole tow[Bm]n's talking
[C]The whole [Bm]town is talking
[Am]Talking [D]'bout [Dsus4]you and me, y[C]ou and me[G][F]
I knew, I told you [G]somebody [F]saw us

[Verse 5]
[C]I don't care w[Cm]hat they say
A [Bm]love for you, my love for [G]you is so strong
[C]Why don't they just [Cm]mind their business?
A [Dsus4]love so true could never, never,
never end in, en[D]d in, end [Dsus4]in pain[D]

[Verse 6]
I [G]heard the news [F]today, hey [G]baby,
through the gossip [F]grapevine
[G]Everybody [F]says that [G]I'm
yours and you're [F]mine
And [Am]now [G]the

[Verse 7]
[C]whole [Bm]town's talking
[C]The whole town [Bm]is talking
[Am]Talking [G]'bout [Dsus4]you and me
[Am]Talking [D]'bout [Dsus4]you and me
[Am]Talking [Bm]'bout [Dsus4]you and me,
you [G]and [F]me
Told you some[G]body saw us
[F](whole town's talking)
I heard it [G]throught the

[Verse 8]
[F]grapevine
(the whole town's talking)
(The whole town's [G]talking) people
stopped and [F]whispered
(The whole [G]town's [F]talking)
The whole town is [G]talk[F]ing

[Verse 9]
(The whole [G]town's talking) I don't
care what [F]people think
(The whole town's talk[G]ing) my love
for you is [F]strong
(The whole [G]town's talking) strong,
[F]strong, strong
The whole town's [G]talking[F]
(The whole [G]town's

[Verse 10]
talking) why don't
they just [F]mind their business?
(The whole town's talking) a [G]love so true could [F]never,
never
(The whole town's talking) [G]never, never, never,
never, never, nev[F]er, never, never
(The whole [G]town's talking) never,
never, nev[F]er, never, never!
(The whole [G]town's talking) heard

[Verse 11]
it through the [F]grapevine
(The whole [G]town's talking) heard it
through the [F]grapevine
(The whole town's talking) whole
[G]town is talking 'bout it
(The whole [F]town's talking) the whole
town is [G]talking 'bout [F]it
(The whole town's talking) the [G]whole
town is talking 'bout [F]it
(The whole [G]town's talking) the whole town
is talking 'bout [F]it
(The whole town's talking) I heard it [G]through the

[Verse 12]
gossip grapevine
[F](The whole town's talking) the gossip
grapevine
[G](The whole [F]town's talking) I
got the [G]news [F]today
(The whole town's talking) I [G]thought
nobody [F]knew
(The whole town's talking) and we've
got [G]a secret[F]
(The whole town's talking) and
we have [G]a secret[F]
(The whole town's [G]talking) why don't
they just mind their business
[F](The whole tow[G]n's talking) and
leave us alone?
[F][G]

[Verse 13]
[F]
(The whole town's talking)
(The whole [G]town's talking)
(The whole [F]town's talking) whole
[G]town's [F]talking
[G](The whole town's talking) whole
[F]town
(The whole [G]town's talking) is talking,
[F]talking
(The whole [G]town's
[F]talking)
(The whole town's talking)
(The whole town's talking)
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