LISTEN TO THE MUSIC

As recorded by Doobie Brothers

(From the 1972 Album TOULOUSE STREET)
Transcribed by HexaChorda - From Words and Music by Tom Johnston
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1) Don't you feel it grow-ing, day by day?
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listening for the happy sounds and I __ got to let them fly. Oh__
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