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
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 D/E F#11 | G#m7 A B :|| x3
| B D/E F#11 | G#m7 N.C :||
||: B B11 | B11 (A/B) | B | B (Bsus2) :||
Oh baby. keep on, keep on.
Verse 3
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
Lovely is the feeling now.
I won’t be complaining (oh, oh), the force is love power.
Chorus 4 (as chorus 3)
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
Centred around the idea of moving between two major chords a tone apart, A – B, but maintaining the bass line 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 keyboards are making a few modifications to this, mainly through changing inversion. Above you can see I’ve put A/B sometimes, this means you should change inversion!
There’s also a Bsus2, this is to indicate that the funky guitar adds a 9. The A6/B is a nice little colour note from a string line.
Overall, most of these chords are mainly for the keyboard player, although if you are going to construct a picked funky guitar part, you need to understand the chords and various extensions.
I’ve designed some TAB for you which will help you to get going playing Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, here’s a link to the TAB lesson: Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
It’s important that you understand that the TAB is just a starting point. By understanding the chords, you can keep exploring the guitar part.
The chords following the stop in chorus 2 are for the instrumental section and are best described like this:
||: B D/E F#11 | G#m7 A B :|| x3
The fourth time you repeat, stop on G#m7, then play the verse chords again before the verse starts.
After spending some time with Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’s chords, my TAB and the original recording, this chord chart will be helpful at the gig when you need a reminder.
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough iReal Pro.
Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key although, to be honest with you, this is the type of tune you’ll probably end up playing in the original key or not at all!
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 before 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 came from this album in 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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With this guitar lesson, you can learn to play Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson using TAB and chord analysis.
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