[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] (no tempo - start note F# (fretted note on high E string when playing Bm7) [Bm7] i...................... [Em7] can't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one ....[D#maj7#5/A#-x2103x] who [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real
[Em7] oh! what am i supposed to do oh! what am [Em7] i supposed to do baby when i'm so [F#m7] hooked up on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise, [Em7] oh i realise [A7sus4] that you are somebody el [A7] se's guy
[Bridge] (tempo) - add solo widdles in Bm [Em7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4 [Em7][Em7][A7sus4][A7] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Verse] [G7] can you re [F#m7] member the [Bm7] times we spent together [G7] sharing our [F#m7] days in the [Bm7] sun [G7] then i [F#m7] found out that [Bm7] you were somebody else's lover [G7] after all the plans we [F#m7] made, now [Bm7] were shattered
[Chorus] but still i [Em7] can't get off my high horse i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Verse] [G7] that day in sep [F#m7] tember, i'm [Bm7] sure you can remember [G7] that's when all the [F#m7] stuff hit the [Bm7] fan [G7] you told me a [F#m7] lie and you [Bm7] didn't have an alibi but [G7] baby yet i [F#m7] still [Bm7] cared
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go, no, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Bridge] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Chorus] oh i c [Em7] an't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
