[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
[Verse 1] 0:19 [Dmaj7] You know I'm impatient So why would you [E] leave me waiting outside the station? When it was like minus 4 degrees and I [Dmaj7] I get what you're saying I just [E] really don't want to hear it right now Can you shut up for like once in your
[Dmaj7] life? Listen to me I took your nice words of ad [E] vice about How you think I'm gonna die Lucky if I turned 33 Okay, so yeah, I [Dmaj7] smoke like a chimney I'm not skinny and I pull a Britney Every other [E] week But cut me some slack Who do you want me to [Dmaj7] be?
[Chorus] 0:54 [Dmaj7] 'Cause I'm too messy And then I'm too fucking [E] clean You told me, "Get a job" And you ask where the hell I've [Dmaj7] been And I'm too perfect 'Til I open my big [E] mouth I want to be me Is that not al [Dmaj7] lowed?
And I'm too clever And then I'm too fucking [E] dumb You hate it when I cry Unless it's that time of the [Dmaj7] month And I'm too perfect 'Til I show you that I'm [E] not A thousand people I could be for you And you hate the fucking
[Dmaj7] lot You hate the fucking [E] lot You hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot Hey, [E] hey [E]
[Verse 2] 1:45 [D] It's taking you ages You still don't [E] get the hint I'm not asking for pages But one text or two would be nice
[D] And please, don't pull those faces When I've b [E] een.. out working my arse off all day It's just one bottle of wine or [D] two But hey, you can't even talk You smoke weed just to help you [E] sleep
Then why you're out getting stoned at 4 o'clock And then you come home to me [D] And don't say hello 'Cause I got high a [E] gain And forgot to fold my clothes.... [Dmaj7] clothes
[Chorus] 2:21 [Dmaj7] 'Cause I'm too messy And then I'm too fucking [E] clean You told me, "Get a job" And you ask where the hell I've [Dmaj7] been And I'm too perfect 'Til I open my big [E] mouth I want to be me Is that not al [Dmaj7] lowed?
And I'm too clever And then I'm too fucking [E] dumb You hate it when I cry Unless it's that time of the [Dmaj7] month And I'm too perfect 'Til I show you that I'm [E] not
A thousand people I could be for you And you hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot You hate the fucking [E] lot You hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot
[Chorus] 3:29 [Dmaj7] And I'm too messy And then I'm too fucking [E] clean You told me, "Get a job" And you ask where the hell I've [Dmaj7] been And I'm too perfect 'Til I open my big [E] mouth I want to be me Is that not al [Dmaj7] lowed?
And I'm too clever And then I'm too fucking [E] dumb You hate it when I cry Unless it's that time of the [Dmaj7] month And I'm too perfect 'Til I show you that I'm [E] not
A thousand people I could be for you And you hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot You hate the fucking [E] lot You hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot
[Outro] 4:15 You [D] hate the fucking [E] lot You hate the fucking [Dmaj7] lot