Irene Cara-Flashdance What A Feeling
[BPM - 122 - Intro - Capo 1st fret for original key but do not bother live]Chords
---A----------E---------Bm-------F#m
Keyboard melody
E -9----------12--------10---9-7---9--
B -10-12-10---12-12-14--7----------10-
G -9----------13--------7----------11-
D ---------------------------------11-
A -0-------------------------------9--
E ------------0---------7-------------
[E7sus4 - can be played 02223x or 0-7-9-7-10-7 - go with former as choruses bigger]
[Verse 1 - No drums]
(Riff over G and E - 3x0007, 3x0005, 3x0005, E7sus4 to E - 0 7 9 7 10 7, 079997)
[A] First, when there's [E] nothing but a [Bm] slow glowing [F#m] dream that you
[D] fear seems to [A] hide deep [G] inside [Esus4] your [E] mind ....All
[A] alone I have [E] cried silent [Bm] tears full of [F#m] pride ..In a
[D] world made of [A] steel, made of [G] stone [G9] [E7sus4] [E]
(drums come in now - speed up as they come in)
[Verse 2]
Well
[A] I hear the [E] music, close my [Bm] eyes, feel the [F#m] rhythm Wrap a
[D] round, take a [A] hold of my [G] heart [G9] [E7sus4] [E]
[Chorus - xxF#mx Esus4Esus4xE xDDx xEEx - can play all chords low - F#m on snare]
What a fee
[F#m] ling, [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] bein's believ
[F#m] in'. [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] I can't
[A] have it [Bm] all, now I'm [A] dancin' [D] for my
[E] life ............ Take your pas
[F#m] sion, [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] ...and make it hap
[F#m] pen. [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] ...Pictures
[A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Solo - repeat intro for first 4 chords]
A, E, Bm, F#m, D, A, G (G9), E (E7sus4 to E)
[Pre-Chorus]
Now [A] I hear the [E] music, close my [Bm] eyes, I am [F#m] rhythm
In a [D] flash it takes [A] hold of my [G] heart [E7sus4] [E]
[Chorus]
What a fee
[F#m] ling, [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] bein's believ
[F#m] in'. [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] I can't
[A] have it [Bm] all, now I'm [A] dancin' [D] for my
[E] life ............ Take your pas
[F#m] sion, [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] ...and make it hap
[F#m] pen. [Esus4] [E] [D] [E] ...Pictures
[A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Breakdown - Big drums]
What a
[G] feeling .........[E] .........
[G] .................[E] .........
[Chorus]
What a fee [F#m] ling [Esus4] - [E] - [D] - [E] - (I am music now),
bein's bel [F#m] ievin [Esus4] ' - [E] - [D] - [E] - (I am rhythm now) Pictures
[A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Outro]
Play sequence [F#m Esus4 E D E] til end
What a feeling --------------(I can really have it all)
What a feeling --------------(Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all --------------(I can really have it all)
Have it all --------------(Pictures come alive when I call)
--------------(call, call, call, call, what a feeling)
I can have it all
(Bein's believin') bein's believin'
(Take your passion, make it happen) make it happen
(What a feeling) what a feeling..