[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
BPM 129 - verse play chords just on first part of each bar - big vox for love never ends [INTRO] 0232 0033 0220 0033 (think at points it may be a D at the end) D G/D A/D G/D D G/D A/D G/D (arp across strings e to g only) Drums in D G/D A/D D, D G/D A/D D
[VERSE 1] I [D] only knew you f [A] or a while I nev [Bm7] er saw your sm [G] ile 'Til it was t [D] ime to go, time [Cadd9] to go awa [Em7] y (time t [A7sus4] o go [A7] away) Somet [D] imes its hard to r [A] ecognise love com [Bm7] es as a surpri [G] se And its too la [D] te, its just t [Cadd9] oo late to sta [Em7] y, too late t [A7sus4] o sta [A7]
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[LINK] D G/D A/D D x 2
[VERSE 2] B [D] ecause the friendship th [A] at you gave has taug [Bm7] ht me to be bra [G] ve No matter where I g [D] o Ill never find a [Cadd9] better pri [Em7] ze (find a [A7sus4] bet [A7] ter prize) T [D] hough you're miles and mi [A] les away I see [Bm7] you every da [G] I dont have to tr [D] y, I just c [Cadd9] lose my eye [Em7] s, I close [A7sus4] my ey [A7] es
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in electric d [A] reams
[INSTRUMENTAL] - progression x 2 Bm Bm Bm (E (A7sus4 A7)) - final time hold A for longer
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[CHORDS] (Capo on 1 for original)
D X-X-0-2-3-2 G/D X-X-0-7-8-7 A/D X-X-0-9-10-9 A X-0-2-2-2-0 Bm7 X-2-0-2-3-0 G 3-2-0-0-3-3 Cadd9 X-3-2-0-3-0 Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0 A7sus4 X-0-2-0-3-0 A7 X-0-2-0-2-0 D/F# 2-X-0-2-3-3