[Intro]

        x4  


[Verse]

             
Don't you feel

              
 it growing, d

         
ay by day,    

           
      people a

              
re getting rea

           
dy for the new

s
             
Some are happy

             
, some are sad

              
, oh, we're go

              
nna let the mu

            
sic play
             
What the peopl

              
e need is a wa

              
y to make them

        
 smile,       

            
  it ain't so 

              
hard to do if 

          
you know how
             
Got to get a m

              
essage, get it

             
 on through, l

              
ord, now mamma

              
, don't you as

     
k me why


[Chorus]

            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

            
c, oohohooh, l

           
isten to the m

usic
            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

             
c, all the tim

     
e


[Instrumental]

        x2  


[Verse]

             
Well I know, y

              
ou know baby, 

             
everything I s

       
ay,          m

              
eet me in the 

              
country for a 


day
             
We'll be happy

             
 and we'll dan

              
ce, oh, we're 

              
gonna dance th

                
e blues away
             
And if I'm fee

              
ling good to y

              
ou and you're 

              
feeling good t

       
o me,         

             
 there ain't n

              
othing we can 

      
do or say
             
Feeling good, 

             
feeling fine, 

              
oh baby, let t

         
he music play


[Chorus]

            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

            
c, oohohooh, l

           
isten to the m

usic
            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

             
c, all the tim

     
e


[Bridge]

             
Like a lazy fl

            
owing river,  

              
surrounding ca

             
stles in the s

ky
              
And the crowd 

             
is growing big

     
ger, listening

 for the happy

 sounds, gonna

 have to let t

hem go


[Chorus]

            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

            
c, oohohooh, l

           
isten to the m

usic
            
Oohohooh, list

             
en to the musi

             
c, all the tim

     
e

(x3 and fade out)