I Heard It Through the Grapevine
by Marvin Gaye
💜 R&B / Soul
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Motown's biggest-selling single of the 1960s. The brooding Em riff combines a descending bass line with tense minor chord voicings, creating that paranoid atmosphere that makes this track so compelling.
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