{title: Listen to the music} {artist: Doobie Brothers} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 106} {key: E} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [E]don't you feel it growin', day by [A/E]day? [E]people gettin' ready for the [C#m]news some are [B]happy, some are [A]sad, [D/A]oh, we got to let the music [E]play [A/E] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [E]what the people need is a way to make 'em [A/E]smile it [E]ain't so hard to do if you know [C#m]how gotta get a [B]message, get it on [A]through, [D/A]oh now mama, don't you ask me [E]why {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} oh, [C#m]oh, listen to the [A]music oh, [C#m]oh, listen to the [A]music oh, [C#m]oh, listen to the [A]music all the [F#]time [A] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [E] [A/E] [E] [A/E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [E]well I know, you know better everything I [A/E]say [E]meet me in the country for a [C#m]day we'll be [B]happy, and we'll [A]dance, [D/A]oh, we're gonna dance our blues a[E]way [A/E] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} and [E]if I'm feelin' good to you and you're feelin' good to [A/E]me [E]there ain't nothin' we can't do or [C#m]say feelin' [B]good, feeling [A]fine, [D/A]oh, baby, let the music [E]play {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Bridge} [E] like a lazy flowing [D/E]river, [A/E] surrounding castles in the [E]sky [E] and the crowd is growing [D/E]bigger [A/E]list'nin' for the happy sounds, and I got to let them fly {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 3, repeat}