[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#]
[Start with Drums no chords BxSB xxSx (bB)xSB xxSx]
[Then slap chords with drums] D ----------------0--02--24424 A ----------------0--02--24424 E 4--4----22-2----0--02--24424 Dr--S---S---S---S---S---S---S--------------------- (bass drum played but not shown here)
[Then keyboard part] E 2--5-4-2----------------------------------------- B 2--------10-9------------------------------------ G x--------9--------------------------------------- D 4--------9-------0--02-24424--------------------- A 4--------7-------0--02-24424--------------------- E 4----------------0--02-24424---------------------
[Verse 1 444 222 000 in drop D] [F#m] Yoh, pretty ladies, a - [Esus4]round the world, Got a [D]weird thing to [E]show you, so tell [F#m]all the boys [F#m/E]and [F#m]girls, .. Tell your [F#m]brother, your sister, and your[Esus4] momma too, 'Cause we're a - [D]bout to go [E]down, and you [F#]know just what [F#m/E]to [F#m]do
[Verse 2] Wave your [F#m]hands in the air, like [Esus4]you don't care, [D] Glide by the [E]people as they [F#m]stop to look and stare, Do your [F#m] dance, do your dance, [Esus4] do your dance quick, Mo-- [D] --ma, come on, [E] baby, tell me [F#m] what's the word?
[Chorus - with keyboard riff] A - word [F#m] up! Every - [Esus4] body [E] say... [D] When you hear the [E] call, you got to [F#m] get it un [F#m/E] der [F#m] way Word [F#m] up! It's the [Esus4] code [E] word, No [D] matter where you [E] say it, you [F#m] know that you'll [F#m/E] be [F#m] heard
[Verse 3] Now, all you [F#m] sucker DJ's who [Esus4] think you're fly, There's [D] got to be a [E] reason, and we [F#m] know the rea [F#m/E] son [F#m] why You try to [F#m] put on those airs, and [Esus4] act real cool, But you [D] got to real - [E] ise that you're [F#m] acting like [F#m/E][F#m] fools
[Verse 4] If there's [F#m] music we can use it, we're [Esus4] free to dance, [D] We don't have the [E] time for psycho - [F#m] logical [F#m/E] ro [F#m] mance, No ro - [F#m] mance, no romance, [Esus4] no romance for me, Mo-- [D] --ma, come on, [Eadd9] baby, tell me [F#m] what's [F#m/E] the wor [F#m] d?
[Chorus - with keyboard riff] A - word [F#m] up! Every - [Esus4] body [E] say... [D] When you hear the [E] call, you got to [F#m] get it [F#m/E] under [F#m] way! Owww!
[Break] F#m F#m F#m (F#m A 777xxxx) x 4
[Bouncy riff x 4 - just bass drum] F#m F#m B (B/A) F#m F#m - play with 2nd finger to help use other fingers to mute other strings E ---------------------------- B ---------------------------- G ----------4--4------------- D --4--4----4--4-4---4------- A --4--4----2--0-4---4-------- E --4--4---------4---4--------
[Keyboard riff version version of Verse chords x 2 - Drums back in] (Fuller chords - full D, E with low E string muted then F#m 44422x)
[Bouncy riff x 4 again] ||: W - O - R - D... UP! W - O - R - D... UP! :||x4 E ---------------------------- B ---------------------------- G ----------4--4------------- D --4--4----4--4-4---4------- A --4--4----2--0-4---4-------- E --4--4---------4---4--------     W  O    R    D   Up
(just drums) ||: W - O - R - D... UP! W - O - R - D... UP! :||x4