[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
Original key - Capo on 4 Intro E ----------0-------------------------------------------------- B ------1 3---3--1--------0---------------1-1-0-0---0-1-3----- G ----2------------2--0-2-----------2-2-4----------2--------0--- D ---------------------------0--------------------------------- A --0---------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------3-------------------0------------------- ---Am-----------------G-------------------Am----------------G--- BPM 129 [Verses] The [Am] last that ever she [F] saw him C [G] arried away by a mo [C] onlight shad [G] o He [Am] passed on worried and [F] warning C [G] arried away by a m [C] oonlight sh [G] adow. L [C] ost in a river last s [G] aturday night F [Am] ar aw [F] ay on the o [G] ther side. He was c [C] aught in the middle of a de [G] sperate fight And she c [Am] ouldn't find [F] how to push t [G] hrough
The [Am] trees that whisper in the [F] evening [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow Si [Am] ng a song of sorrow and [F] grieving [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight [G] shadow A [C] ll she saw was a silhouet [G] te of a gun [Am] Far aw [F] ay on the ot [G] her side. He was s [C] hot six times by a man [G] on the run And she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[C] I s [G] tay [C] I p [G] ray I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] far away [C] I st [G] a [C] I pr [G] a I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] One day
Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow St [C] ar was light in a silv [G] ery night [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side Will yo [C] u come to talk to me [G] this night But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[C] I s [G] tay [C] I p [G] ray I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] far away [C] I st [G] a [C] I pr [G] a I see y [C] ou in h [F] eaven [G] One day
[instrumental1] Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG St [C] ar was light in a silv [G] ery night - NOT SUNG [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side Will yo [C] u come to talk to me [G] this night But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
[instrumental2] Fou [Am] r am in the m [F] orning - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a [C] moonlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG I w [Am] atched your vision [F] forming - NOT SUNG [G] Carried away by a mo [C] onlight sh [G] adow - NOT SUNG C [C] aught in the middle of a h [G] undred and five [Am] Far [F] away on the [G] other side - NOT SUNG The n [C] ight was heavy but the [G] air was alive But she [Am] couldn't find [F] how to push [G] through
