Electric Lady Chords
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Author 01Nick1988 [pro] 128. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Title track from Janelle Monáe's awesome second album. Basically it's just Bm A Em F#7
repeated all through the song, but I've included the full lyrics below as well with
timings for when to swap the chords. Let me know any feedback or thoughts!
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Bm A
El-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-tric
Em F#7
Lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-dy
Bm A
Ooh, you shock it, shake it, baby
Em F#7
Electric lady, you're a star
Bm A
You got a classic kind of crazy
Em F#7
But you know just who you are
Bm A Em
You got the look the Gods agree they wanna see
F#7
All the birds and the bees
Bm
Dancing with the freaks in the trees
A
And watch the water turn to wine
Em
Out in space and out your mind
F#7
Ooh, shock me one good time
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A
La----dy (baby)
Em F#7
Electric La----dy
Bm A Em
Yeah, I'll reprogram your mind, come on, get in
F#7
My spaceship leaves at ten
Bm A Em
I'm where I wanna be, just you and me
F#7 Bm
Baby, talking on the side, as the world spins around
A
Can you feel your spine unwind,
Em
And watch the water turn to wine?
F#7
Ooh, shock it one good time
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm
Gloss on her lips, glass on the ceiling
A
All the girls showing love while the boys be catching feelings
Em
Once you see her face, her eyes, you'll remember
F#7
And she'll have you falling harder than a Sunday in September
Bm
Whether in Savannah, K-Kansas or in Atlanta
A
She'll walk in any room, have you raising up your antennas
Em
She can fly you straight to the moon or to the ghettos
F#7
Wearing tennis shoes or in flats or in stilettos
Bm
Illuminating all that she touches, eye on the sparrow
A
A modern day Joan of her Arc or Mia Farrow
Em
Classy, sassy, put you in a razzle-dazzy
F#7
Her magnetic energy will have you coming home like Lassie
Bm
Singing, "Ooh, shock it, break it, baby"
A
Electro-, sophisti-, funky, lady
Em
We the kind of girls who ain't afraid to get down
F#7
Electric ladies go on and scream out loud!
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm
Ooh, shock it, break it, baby
A
Electric Lady, Electric Lady
Em
Singin' boom, shock it, break it, baby
F#7
Electric Lady, Electric Lady
Repeat last section to fade
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Electric Lady – Janelle Monáe
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3 comments

I think the A sounds better as an Am for this song as a suggestion. Also this is her 3rd album the first one is amazing give it a listen. Thanks for this tab!
+1

I tried doing [xxx211] - I think that's F/A - instead of D and it seems to sound better to me.
Just a suggestion!
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Hey guys, thanks for the comments:
keeleu - I can't try this right now but I'll give it a go and if I agree I'll change the chords accordingly (ac-chord-ingly?)
GreyMatter.5 - yeah I do like Metropolis but that's really more like an EP than a full album. I think of Metropolis as kinda the introductory EP as it's suite I on its own, then the ArchAndroid (suites 2 and 3) as album one, and the Electric Lady (suites 4 and 5) as album 2. But agreed, all her stuff is amazing. Like with my comment to keeleu above, I'll give it a go and see how it feels!
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