[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 Keyboard riff - BPM 116 - G = 3x003x G* = 355433, C/G 335553 - Capo 2 for original key] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] wild, [C] standing [G] there , ....[G] with her hands in her [Em] hair [Am] I [G/B] can't [C] help re [G] member,...... [Em] just where she touched me [Fadd9] [Dm7] ....... There's [C]still [G]no face [Dm7] ....... here [C]in [G]her place
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like [D7sus4-xx0213] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx - Esus2/G# = 476454 - no sus2] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] Love [G/B] songs [C] fill the [G] night,....[G] but they don't tell it [Em] all, [Am] Not [G/B] how [C] lovers [G] cry out,..... [Em] just like they are dy [Fadd9] ying [Dm7] .......... Her [C]cries [G]hang there [Dm7] ....... in [C]time [G]somewhere
[Verse] [Am] Some [G/B] day, [C] some [G] good wind, [D7sus4] may blow her back to me [D7] [Am] Some [G/B] night [C] I__ [G] may hear, [D7sus4] her like she used to be [D7]
[Chorus] [D/F#] No they [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms Vale [C] rie,---- [G] ------- [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me,--- [G] ------- [C] Valer [G/B] ie Come and [Csus2] see--------me, I'm the same boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like, [D7sus4] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Riff] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx [Ending] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx I'm the [G] same boy I used be.___ [G] (hard stop) [End]
