[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
[Intro - BPM 92] [D][Bm][D][G] x2 (Start no bass drum - one xxxx = BS)
xxxx xx[D]x (pickup)
[Bm]xxx xx([D]x)x (offbeat D ahead of snare) [G]xxx xx[D]x [Bm]xxx xx[D]x [G]xxx xx[D]x Only one offbeat with D every 4 times round the phrase Repeat with bass drum
[Verse - of = Play offbeat - ahead of Snare] [Bm] Love [D-of][G] I [D] get so [Bm] lost, [D-of] somet [G] imes [D] [Bm] Days pass [D-of][G] [D] And this [Bm] emptiness [D-of] fills my [G] heart [D-of] [Bm] When I want [D-of] to [G] run away [D-of] I [Bm] drive off [D-of] in my [G] car [D-of] [Bm] But which [D-of] ever [G] way I go [D-of] I come [Bm] back to the [D-of] place you [G] are
(A goes to Asus4 as part of phrase - G can be G5 - 3x0022 so high D is emphasised which is part of keyboard phrase) [A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes (actually 022220 i think)
[Intro Riff Vamp] [D][Bm][D][G] x2
[Verse] [Bm] Love [D][G] [D] I don't [Bm] like to see [D] so much [G] pain [D] [Bm] So mu [D] ch [G] wasted [D] And this [Bm] moment keep [D] s slipping [G] away [D] [Bm] I get [D] so [G] tired Of [D] working so [Bm] hard for [D] our sur [G] vival [D] [Bm] I look [D] to the [G] time with you [D] To [Bm] keep me awake [D] and a [G] live [D]
[A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes
