Word Up Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | F#m |
| Capo: | no capo |
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Song: Word up
Artist: Cameo
Composers: Lawrence Ernest Blackmon
and Thomas Michael Jenkins
Album: Word up
Tabbed by: DJ 18th June 2013
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
F#m = 244222 F# = 244322 F#7 = 242322
E = 022100 E4 = 022200 F#7sus4 = 242422
D = xx0232 A = 577655 Eadd9 = 022102
^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro]
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 1]
F#m E4
Yoh, pretty ladies, a - round the world,
D E
Got a weird thing to show you,
F#
So tell all the boys and girls,
F#m E4
Tell your brother, your sister, and your mama too,
D E
'Cause we're a - bout to go down,
F#
And you know just what to do
[Verse 2]
F#m E4
Wave your hands in the air like you don't care,
D E F#
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare,
F#m E4
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick,
D E F#
Ma----ma, come on, baby, tell me what's the word?
[Chorus]
F#7 F#7sus4 F#7 E4 E
A - word up! Every - body say...
D E F#
When you hear the call you've got to get it under way
F#7 F#7sus4 F#7 E4 E
Word up! It's the code word,
D Eadd9
No matter where you say it,
F#
You know that you'll be heard
[Verse 3]
F#m E4
Now, all you sucker DJ's who think you're fly,
D E F#
There's got to be a reason and we know the reason why
F#m E4
You try to put on those airs, and act real cool,
D Eadd9 F#
But you got to real-ise that you're acting like fools
[Verse 4]
F#m E4
Give us music, we can use it, we need to dance,
D E F#
We don't have that time for psycho - logical romance,
F#m E4
No ro - mance, no romance, no romance for me,
D Eadd9 F#
Ma----ma, come on, baby, tell me what's the word?
[Chorus]
F#7 F#7sus4 F#7 E4 E
A - word up! Every - body say...
D E F#
When you hear the call you got to get it under way
[Break]
F# A
||: /_/ /_/ / /_/ | /_/ / /_/ / :|| [x4]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
OW!! Dial L for...
e |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A |-------2-0-|-----------|-------2-0-|-----------|
E |-2--2------|-2--2------|-2--2------|-2--2------|
...Low!
e |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A |-------2-0-|-----------|-------2-0-|-----------|
E |-2--2------|-2--2------|-2--2------|-2--2------|
[Verse 5]
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#7 F#7sus4 F#7 E4 E D D Eadd9
| / /___/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / | / /_/ / /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#
Come on, all you people say...
F# E F# A F# E F# A
W - O - R - D ...UP! W - O - R - D ...UP! Hey!
F# E F# A F# E F# A
W - O - R - D ...UP! W - O - R - D ...UP! Woo!
[2 bars no chords, scrub rhythm]
N.C. F# E F# A
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / | W - O - R - D ...UP!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
N.C. F# E F# A
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / / | W - O - R - D ...UP!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
Hey-----------------------------! Hey----, hey!
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
No-----,no!
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Hoo! Say it like that
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F#m E4 E D Eadd9 F#
| / /_/ / / | /_/ /_/ / /| / /_/ / /_/| /_/ /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
OW! They think real
e |-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|
A |-------2-0-|---------|-------2-0-|-----------|
E |-2--2------|-2--2----|-2--2------|-2--2------|
...Low! Ow! As low as you go
e |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
A |-------2-0-|--------|-------2-0-|-----------|
E |-2--2------|-2--2---|-2--2------|-2--2------|
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14 comments
I'm confirm with thes tab. Simple but a genius song.
Get on stage and perform this funky stuff with a big fat accoustic guitar. Crowd is gettin' totaly crazy.
Tahk U very much 4 this nice piece!
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Great little tab, And correct Key..
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found this tab by accident in other comment for the similair korn! song and oh god do I feel lucky now because it's spot on! love it!
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