[Intro - Just bass drum then full drums come in] F#m F#m B/F# F#m - F#m F#m F#m F#m (horns imply B7/F#)
[Verse 1 - B/F# is on snare] [F#m] The race is on [B/F# - 224442]to get [F#m] out of the bottom, [B/F#] [F#m] The top is so high [B/F#]so your [F#m] roots are forgotten, [B/F#] [F#m] Giving is good [B/F#] as [F#m] long as you're getting, [B/F#] [F#m] What's driving you [B/F#] is am- [F#m] bition and betting [B/F#]
[Bridge:] I said [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Verse 2:] [F#m] You're swelling out [B/F#] in the [F#m] wrong direction [B/F#] [F#m] You've got the bug, [B/F#] super [F#m] star you've been bitten, [B/F#] [F#m] Your trumpet's blowing [B/F#] for [F#m] far too long [B/F#] [F#m] Climbing the snake [B/F#] up the [F#m] ladder, but you're [B/F#] wrong
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Instrumental] Random jam over F#m F#m B/F# F#m x ??
[Middle Eight] [F#m] You have got [B/F#] to [F#m] reach on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose your [B/F#] soul [F#m][B/F#] [F#m] You have got to [B/F#] reach [F#m] on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose con [B/F#] trol [F#m]
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus: x 2] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
On acoustic how riff for E and G could work DURING VERSE YOU CAN PLUCK LOW E AS WELL AS NOT PLAYING SNARE ON EACH 1/4 NOTE Ch E E -------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------8- G 2h4p0-------------every 2nd time----7- D -----2---0--2-----------------------6- A -----2---0--2-----------------------7- E (0)--0---0--0------------------------- Dr S S
Ch G - Pluck bass note with thumb and treble line with first finger E --------------- B --------------------------- G 5h7p5p3------------------------ D -------5---3--5----------------- A -------5---3--5----------------- E 3------3---3--3---------------33-22-11-22-33 Dr S S
[Intro - BPM 129 - E Riff with drums snare on each beat] x16
[Verse - Drums straight now - no Hendrix chords whilst playing] [E] I was born long ago [E] I am the chosen, I'm the one [E] I have come to save the day [E] And I won't leave until I'm done [G] So, that's why you've got to try [G] You got to breath and have some fun [Riff at end - 33x22x11x22x33x - Play double snares on each fretted not SSxSSxSSxSSxSS)] [E] Though I'm not paid, I play this game [E] And I won't stop until I'm done
[Chorus] [G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes) [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [E][E][G][E] [G(xxx430)] And I got to, [A(x0x220)] got to know
[Riff with drums - snare on all to start then straight] x8
[Verse - no Hendrix chords whilst playing] [E] I don't know why we always cry [E] This we must leave and get undone [E] We must engage and rearrange [E] And turn this planet back to one [G] So, tell me why we got to die [G] And kill each other one by one [E] We've got to hurt and rub a dub [E] We've got to dance and be in love
[Chorus] [G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes) [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [G(xxx430)] And I got to [A(x0x220)] got to know (hold)
[Riff Vamp with solo halfway through]
[E][D][A] x12 E ------------------- B -9---7--7--5-7-5--- G -9---7--7--6-6-6--- D -9---7--7--7-7-7--- A -7---7--7--0-0-0--- E -------------------
[Outro] [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [E][D][E] G(xxx430) A(x0x220) And I got to got to know
E D and G riff E ------------------------- B --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ G --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ D --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ A --7-7-7-7---------------- E --(0)ring to fatten sound