[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
Waterfall 2/4 shuffly Original Key - F# maj riff - Bsus2 to Bmaj7sus2 to play just move 3rd and 4th fret across strings whilt keeping rest of F#maj chord
E -2------ B -2-2-2--- G -3-4-3-- D -4-4-4-- A -4-2-2-- E -2------
Then for chorus
E --------------- B -4-4--4-----4-- G -4-4--4-----4-- D -4-4--4-x2--4--- A -2-1--x-----6----- E ------4--------- [Intro No drums] [F#][B] x 2 (Capo 4 would be D G)
[Verse - Capo 4 for these chords - drums just bass drum] D G D G Chimes sing sunday morn D G D G Todays the day shes sworn G G/F# Em To steal what she never could own G G/F# Em A A A And race from this hole she calls home (Drums in on A with snares) D G D G Now youre at the wheel D G D G Tell me how, how does it feel? G G/F# Em So good to have equalised G G/F# Em A A A D To lift up the lids of your eyes
[Intro riff] D G x 2
D G D G As the mile they disappear D G D G See land begin to clear G G/F# Em Free from the filth and the scum G G/F# Em A A A D This american satelites won
[Intro riff] D G x 2
[Chorus] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all Shes a waterfall [Intro Riff D G D G] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall [Intro Riff D G D G]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse] D G D G See the steeple pine D G D G The hills as old as time G G/F# Em Soon to be put to the test G G/F# Em A A A D To be whipped by the winds of the west
[Intro Riff D G D G]
D G D G Stands on shifting sands D G D G The scales held in her hands G G/F# Em The wind it just whips her away G G/F# Em And fills up her brigantine sails
[Intro riff] D G x 2
[Chorus] G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall G G/F# Em A Shell carry on through it all D Shes a waterfall
