
Cameo-Word Up
[Intro - BPM 116 - Drop D - Chords F#m E D E F#m] [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
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(bass drum played but not shown here)
[Then keyboard part]E 2--5-4-2-----------------------------------------
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D 4--------9-------0--02-24424---------------------
A 4--------7-------0--02-24424---------------------
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[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
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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
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G ----------4--4-------------
D --4--4----4--4-4---4-------
A --4--4----2--0-4---4--------
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    W  O    R    D   Up
(just drums)
||: W - O - R - D... UP! W - O - R - D... UP! :||x4
[Keyboard riff]"Hey" - improv out
[Bouncy riff to end][End]