Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| B (A) | B (A) |
You know, I was, I was wondering, you know.
| B (A) | B (D E A) | B (A) | B (D E A) |
If, you could keep on, because the force, it’s got a lot of power.
| B (A) | B |
And, it make me feel like, ah, it make me feel like, ooh.
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Verse 1
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Lovely, is the feelin’ now.
Fever, temperatures risin’ now.
Power (oh power) is the force, the vow.
That makes it happen, it asks no questions why (ooh).
So get closer (closer now), to my body now.
Just love me, ’til you don’t know how (ooh).
Chorus 1
| B11 | B11 A6/B A/B |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B | B |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B11 | B11 A/B |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B | B |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Verse 2
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Touch me, and I feel on fire.
Ain’t nothin’ like a love desire (ooh).
I’m melting (I’m melting). Like hot candle wax.
Sensation (oh sensation). Lovely where we’re at (ooh).
So let love, take us through the hours.
I won’t be complainin’ (ooh). ’Cause, this is love power (ooh).
Chorus 2
| B B11 | B11 |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B11 B | B7 (B9) |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B B11 | B11 |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
| B11 B | B N.C |
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Instrumental
||: B Asus4/E F#madd4 | G#m B Asus4/E F#madd4 B :|| x3
| B Asus4/E F#madd4 | G#m B N.C :||
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Oh baby. keep on, keep on.
Verse 3
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Heartbreak, enemy despise.
Eternal (oh, eternal). Love shines in my eyes.
So let love (oh, let love), take us through the hours.
I won’t be complainin’, ’cause your love is alright, alright, oh.
Chorus 3
||: B11 | B11 A6/B A/B | B | B :||
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (don’t stop, babe) Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough (oh, my baby).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Verse 4
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Lovely is the feeling now.
I won’t be complaining (oh, oh), the force is love power.
Chorus 4
||: B11 | B11 A6/B A/B | B | B :||
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (don’t stop, darlin’). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (go crazy, baby). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (keep on, now). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (keep on, darlin’). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (love power, yeah). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (keep on, darlin’). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (don’t, no, no). Don’t stop ’til you get enough (keep up the power, yeah, ooh).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough (’til you get enough, now).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough (ooh).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (yeah). Don’t stop ’til you get enough (oh, no).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (yeah). Don’t stop ’til you get enough (keep on, baby).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough (oh, ’til you get enough).
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (keep on, darlin’). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on, with the force, don’t stop (oh, no). Don’t stop ’til you get enough.
Keep on.
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough Chords: Learn the progressions
If you want to understand how Michael Jackson put together Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, study the chords and lyrics of this very danceable disco/funk hit above very carefully.
They are centred around the idea of moving between two major chords a tone apart, A – B, but maintaining the bass of B.
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough’s chords could be described as B11 – B, or A/B – B, which is essentially the same thing.
The instrumental section contrasts this seemingly simple movement by having several chords in each bar, like this:
||: B Asus4/E F#madd4 | G#m B Asus4/E F#madd4 B :||
| B Asus4/E F#madd4 | G#m B N.C :||
Members get a complete analysis of these much more complex chords, as well as TAB for how to play them and the funky guitar licks we hear throughout the original recording.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson: Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson’s first single with Quincy!
As the first single from Off The Wall (1979), Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough was Michael‘s first single under Epic Records and with his new producer Quincy Jones.
He had released four solo albums prior to Off The Wall, but they had all been under the watchful eye of Berry Gordy and his Motown label.
Apart from the enormous success of Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, another massive single that came from this album was Rock With You. Together these were a sign of what was to come from the King of Pop.
The album sold 20 million copies worldwide, which is incredible, but check this out: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough sold 5 million digital copies in the U.S. alone. That means 5 million people bought it, again!
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