"Listen to the Band" Words & Music by Michael Nesmith Copyright 1967 by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. 6920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 All Rights Reserved lyrics from reprint of 1967 sheet music G D Hey, hey mercy woman Em7 Plays a song and no one listens G D7 G I need help, I'm falling again D Play the drum a little louder Em Tell me I can live without her G D7 G If I only listen to the band Listen to the band! (instrumental - D7 Am Em7) B7 Weren't they good, they made my happy Bb7 A7 I think I can make it alone. G D Hey, hey mercy woman Em7 Plays a song and no one listens G D7 G I need help, I'm falling again D Play the drum a little louder Em Tell them they can live without her G D7 G If they only listen to the band Listen to the band! (instrumental - D7 Am Em7) B7 Weren't they good, they made my happy Bb7 A7 I think I can make it alone. G D Hey, hey mercy woman Em7 Plays a song and no one listens G D7 G I need help, I'm falling again D Play the drum a little louder Em7 Tell us we can live without her G D7 G G D7 G D7 Now that we have listened to the band G Listen to the band! (instrumental - D7 Am Em7 B7 B7 A7 G D Em7 G D7 G) From: Areas@aol.com Listen to the Band chords Hello. I've just figured out the chords to Listen to the Band. I hope they're right. Intro: B Bb A B Bb A G G D Em C Hey hey mercy woman plays a song & no one listens G D G I need help I'm falling again G D Em C Play the drum a little louder tell me I can live without her G D G If I only listen to the band D Am G Listen to the band B B Bb A G Weren't they good they made me happy I think I can make it alone G D Em C Oh mercy woman plays a song & no one listens G D G I need help I'm falling again G D Em C Play the drum a little bit louder tell them they can live without her G D G If they only listen to the band D Am G Listen to the band B B Bb A G Now weren't they good they made me happy I think I can make it alone G D Em C Oh woman plays a song & no one listens G D G I need help I'm falling again G D Em C Come on play the drums just a little bit louder tell us we can live without her G D G Now that we have listened to the band...... D Am G B B Bb A G Listen to the band SING ALONG addition - "Listen to the Band" FROM: Matt D'Aprile "LISTEN TO THE BAND" (Michael Nesmith) as performed by the Monkees on the album The Monkees Present (1969) INTRO: Am G#m Gm Am G#m Gm G G D Hey hey mercy woman C Em Plays a song and no one listens Cm D G D I need help I'm falling again G D Play the drum a little louder C Em Tell me I can live without her Cm D G If they only listen to the band Listen to the band! D Dm Em Instrumental: / / / / / / / / / / / / D C Weren't they good they made me happy G Am G#m Gm I think I can make it alone (then it repeats itself twice)