Too Busy Thinking About My Baby chords by Marvin Gaye (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Listen to me people

Verse 1
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 (D flat major) I   ain't got time to  (G flat/Db) think    about money
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 (D flat major) Or what it can buy  (G flat/Db) 
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And  (D flat major) I   ain't got time to  (G flat/Db) sit      down and wonder
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 (D flat major) What make the birdies fly  (G flat/Db) 
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And I  (D flat major) don't have the time  (G flat/Db) to think about
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 (D flat major) What makes the flowers grow  (G flat/Db) 
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And I've  (D flat major) never given a second  (G flat/Db) thought
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To  (E flat minor) where the  (G flat/Db) rivers   flow

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Chorus 1

(Too busy thinking 'bout my baby)

And I ain't got time for nothin' else

Verse 2
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 (D flat major) I   ain't got time to dis (G flat/Db) cuss the weather
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 (D flat major) And how long it's gonna last  (G flat/Db) 
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And  (D flat major) I   ain't got time to  (G flat/Db) do       no studying
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 (D flat major) Once I get out of class  (G flat/Db) 
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I'm telling you I'm  (D flat major) just a fellow  (G flat/Db) 
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Said I got a  (D flat major) one track mind  (G flat/Db) 
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And when it  (D flat major) comes to thinkin' about
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 (G flat/Db) Anything but my baby
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I  (E flat minor) just  don't  (G flat/Db) have     the time

Chorus 2
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 (D flat major) (Too busy thinking 'bout my baby) oh, yeah
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And I  (E flat minor) ain't got time  (G flat/Db) for nothin'  (D flat major) else
Don't you know I'm
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 (D flat major) (Too busy thinking 'bout my baby)
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Well I  (E flat minor) ain't got time  (G flat/Db) for nothin'  (D flat major) else

Interlude 1

Oh yeah

Oh yeah, yeah

Verse 3
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The  (D flat major) diamonds and pearls  (G flat/Db) in the world
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 (D flat major) Could never match her worth,  (G flat/Db) no no
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She's  (D flat major) some kind of  (G flat/Db) wonderful,
people tell you
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 (D flat major) I got heaven right  (G flat/Db) here     on earth
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I'm  (D flat major) just a fellow  (G flat/Db) 
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With a  (D flat major) one, one track mind  (G flat/Db) 
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And when it  (D flat major) comes to thinking about
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 (G flat/Db) anything but my baby
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I  (E flat minor) just  don't  (G flat/Db) have     any time

Chorus 3
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 (D flat major) (Too busy thinking 'bout my baby) Oh
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And I  (E flat minor) ain't got time  (G flat/Db) for nothin'  (D flat major) else
You know I'm
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 (D flat major) (Too busy thinking 'bout my baby)
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And I  (E flat minor) ain't got time  (G flat/Db) for nothin'  (D flat major) else

Outro 1

(Too busy thinking about my baby

Ain't got no time for nothing else no, no)

[Repeat and fade]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Db majorBPM: 120

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Gb/Db: x-4-4-3-2-2
Ebm: x-6-8-8-7-x

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This is the definitive original version of Too Busy Thinking About My Baby by Marvin Gaye, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Db major. It suits players who want to learn Too Busy Thinking About My Baby the way Marvin Gaye intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.