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
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
[Keyboard riff]
"Hey" - improv out
[Bouncy riff to end]
[End]