[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] [Em7][Em7][F#m7][B7#5-797887 - fingers 1 is barre - 141231] B7 but move 2nd finger up a string [Em7][Em7][F#m7][B7#5]
[Verse] I must've [Em7] died and gone to heaven Cos it was a [F#m7] quarter past e [B7#5] leven On a [Em7] Saturday in nineteen-nighty- [F#m7] nine [B7#5] Right a [Em7] cross from where I'm standing on the [F#m7] dance floor she was [B7#5] landing It was [Em7] clear that she was from another [F#m7] time [B7#5] Like some [Em7] baby Barbarella with the [F#m7] stars as her um [B7#5] brella She [Em7] asked me if I'd like to magne [F#m7] tise [B7#5] Do I [Em7] have to go star-trekking? Cos it's [F#m7] you I should be [B7#5] checking So she [Em7] laser-beamed me with her cosmic [F#m7] eyes [B7#5]
[Chorus Cycle round positions 2 and 4] [G#m7][F#m7] She's just a cosmic [B7] girl [C#m7] From another [G#m7] galaxy [F#m7] My heart's at zero [B7] gravity [C#m7] She's from a cosmic [G#m7] world [F#m7] Putting me in [B7] ecstasy [C#m7] Transmitting on my [G#m7] frequen [F#m7] cy She's cosm [B7] ic [C#m7]
[Instrumental] [Em7][Em7][F#m7][B7#5] x 4
[Verse 2] I'm [Em7] scanning all my radars cos she [F#m7] said she's from a [B7#5] quasar Forty [Em7] thousand million light years [F#m7] away [B7#5] It's a [Em7] distant solar system, I tried to [F#m7] phone but they don't [B7#5] list 'em So I [Em7] asked her for a number all the [F#m7] same [B7#5] She said, [Em7] step in my transporter so [F#m7] I can telep [B7#5] ort ya' [Em7] All around my heavenly [F#m7] body [B7#5] This could [Em7] be a close encounter I should [ F#m7] take care not to [B7#5] flounder [Em7] Sends me into hyperspace, [F#m7] when I see her [B7#5] pretty face
[Chorus] [G#m7][F#m7] She's just a cosmic [B7] girl [C#m7] From another [G#m7] galaxy [F#m7] My heart's at zero [B7] gravity [C#m7] She's from a cosmic [G#m7] world [F#m7] Putting me in [B7] ecstasy [C#m7] Transmitting on my [G#m7] frequen [F#m7] cy She's cosm [B7] ic [C#m7]
[Bridge] [G#m7] Sends me into [F#m7] hyperspace, when I see her pretty face [B7] Sends me into [C#m7] hyperspace, when I see her pretty face [G#m7] Sends me into [F#m7] hyperspace, when I see her pretty face [B7] Sends me into [C#m7] hyperspace, when I see her pretty face
[Outro Chorus] [G#m7] La-ah [F#m7] ah She's just a cosmic girl [B7][C#m7] From another [G#m7] galaxy [F#m7] Transmitting on my [B7] frequ [C#m7] ency Yeah, come here, [G#m7] for [F#m7] Can't you be my cosmic woman? [B7][C#m7] I need you, I want you [G#m7][F#m7] to be my cosmic girl for the r [B7] est of time [C#m7]
[End] [Key riff] E 7535-----7535------3-- B ----5-35------5-35--5-
