Chords for What's Going On (Live at the Bitter End, New York City, 1971)

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I'm proud to present Afro-recording artist Donny Hathaway. _ _
_ _ Thank you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] Mother, mother, _ there's _ [C#m] too many of you [E] right there.
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Brother, brother, brother, _ _ there's far [C#m] too many of you down [E] there.
_ [C#m] _ [A] You know we gotta [C#m] find a [F#] way.
_ _ Bring some loving here [B] today.
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[E] Mother, father, [B] _ we don't [C#m] need to ask you to leave.
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] War is not the [E] answer.
[E] _ Cause [C#m] only love, [E] love, love can conquer hate.
[C#m] _ You know we [F#m] gotta find a [F#] way.
_ _ [F#m] To bring some loving [A] here today.
_ [C#m] Picket [F#]
lines and [A] picket signs.
[C#m] Don't you punish me.
_ [A] _ Brutality.
_ [C#m] Talk to me.
_ [A] You can see.
_ [E] What's going on, [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ what's going [B] on.
I wanna know [E] what's going on.
[C] _ _
Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mother, mother, mother.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#m] Everybody says that we're wrong.
_ _ World, [C#] what you are made of.
[B] Just _ simply _ [C#m] _
[E] cause you'll have us all.
_ _ [G] _ [F#] You [C#m] know we gotta find a way.
_ [F#] _ To bring some loving here [B] today.
_ _ [F#]
Picket lines [A] and picket signs.
[A] Don't you punish me.
_ _ Brutality. _
Talk to me.
_ _ You can see.
[E]
What's going on.
_ [C#m] Yeah, yeah.
[E]
What's [B] going on.
I [C#m] wanna know what's going [Am] _
on. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _ _ What's going on. _ _ _ _
Please [Cm] tell me.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [B] What's going on.
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