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Private Eyes - Hall and Oates
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Written by: Daryl Hall/Warren Pash/Sara Allen/Janna Allen
From: "Private Eyes" (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS / SPECIAL VOICINGS (alphabetically)
E-A-D-G-B-e
A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-0
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
Am7+5 x-0-2-0-1-1 (Am7-13?)
Ab/Bb 6-x-6-5-4-4 or
x-1-1-1-1-x
Abmaj7 4-x-5-5-4-x
Bbsus4 x-1-3-3-4-1
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-x
Dm7 x-x-0-2-1-1
E7 0-2-2-1-3-0
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-0
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
G/A 5-x-5-4-3-3
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Intro
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| [Am] | % | [Dm7] |[Dm7] [G] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| [Am] [Em7] |[Am7] [ [Am7] [Em7] [Am7] ]|[C/D] [Dm7] | [Ab/Bb] | % |
Verse 1
[C] [Csus4] [C]
I see you, you see me
[Abmaj7] [Bbsus4] [Bb]
Watch you blowin the lines when you're making a scene
[C] [Csus4] [C]
Oh girl, you’ve got to know
[Abmaj7] [Bbsus4] [Bb] [Dm7]
What my head overlooks the senses will show to my heart
[Am7] [Em7]
When it's watching for lies
[Abmaj7] [F/G]
You can't escape my-y
Chorus
[G/A] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[Am7] [ [Em7] [Am7] ] [C/D] [Dm7] [F/G]
They see your ev-‘ry move
[G/A] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[C/D] [Dm7]
Private ey--es
[Ab/Bb] [ [Am7] ]
They're watching you watching you watching you watching you-ou-ou-ou-ou
Interlude
| [Am7] [A7sus4] | [Am7+5] [A7sus4] |
Verse 2
[C] [Csus4] [C]
You play with words you play with love
[Abmaj7] [Bbsus4] [Bb]
You can twist it around, baby that aint enough
[C] [Csus4] [C]
Cause girl I’m gonna know
[Abmaj7] [Bbsus4] [Bb] [Dm7]
If you're letting me in or letting me go don't lie
[Am7] [Em7]
When you're hurting inside
[Abmaj7] [F/G]
Cause you can't escape my-y
Chorus
[G/A] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[Am7] [ [Em7] [Am7] ] [C/D] [Dm7] [F/G]
They see your ev-‘ry move
[G/A] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[C/D] [Dm7]
Private ey--es
[Ab/Bb] [ [Am7] ]
They're watching you watching you watching you watching you-ou-ou-ou-ou
Solo
| [Am7] [A7sus4] | [Am7+5] [A7sus4] |
| [Am7] [A7sus4] | [Am7+5] [A7sus4] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| [Abmaj7] | % | % |[Dm7/G] [G] [Em7] |
[Middle 8]
[Dm7] [Am7]
Why you try to put up a front for me
[Dm7] [Am7]
I’m a spy but on your side you see
[Gm7]
Slip on, into any disguise, I’ll still know you
[E7]
Look into my ...
Chorus
[Am7]
Private eyes
[N.C.]
They're watching you
[N.C.]
They see your ev‘ry move
[F/G] [F/G] [G/A] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[C/D] [Dm7]
Private ey--es
[F/G]
They're watching you
Outro
[E7] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[Am7] [ [Em7] [Am7] ] [C/D] [Dm7] [F/G]
They see your ev-‘ry move
[G] [Am7]
Private eyes
[Em7] [Am7]
They're watching you
[C/D] [Dm7]
Private ey--es
[F/G]
They're watching you
(repeat and fade, lead vocals ad lib)
