[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 - Capo 2 - do use capo] [Just drums for a couple of bars] [F][G][C][Am]
[F][G][C][Am] E 1-----------0-- B 1--------1--0-3 G 2-2-2-0-2---0-- D 3-----------0-- A X-----------X-- E 1*----------3-- *USE THUMB
[Verse 1] It's [F] fine, it's [G] cool You can [C] say that we are nothing, but you [Am] know the truth And guess [F] I'm the [G] fool With her [C] arms out like an angel through the [Am] car sunroof
[Pre-Chorus- Dm9-xx0210] [Dm9] I don't wanna call it off [Dm] But you don't wanna call it love (go down octave at this point) [Dm9] You only wanna be the one that [Dm] (drums stop) I call baby
[Chorus- drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Verse 2] I'm cliche, [F] who cares? [G] It's a se [C] xually explicit kind of [Am] love affair And I cry, [F] it's not [G] fair I just [C] need a little lovin', I just [Am] need a little air
[Pre-Chorus] [Dm9] Think I'm gonna call it off [Dm] Even if you call it love [Dm9] I just wanna love someone who [Dm] (drums stop) calls me baby
[Chorus - drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Bridge] When you [Dm] wake up next to him in the middle of the night [Dm] With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife [Dm] And when you think about me, all of those years ago [Dm] You're standing face to face with "I told you so" (drop octave for vocals) [Dm] You know I hate to say it, I told you so [Dm] You know I hate to say, but I told you so
[Chorus] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Outro - slow down to end] You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling