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Whats Up Chords by 4 Non Blondes

Whats Up chords by 4 Non Blondes

Guitar chords with lyrics

Chord progression goes like this throughout the entire song
A Bmin D A
                            v v v v v v v ^ v v v v ^
The rhythm goes like this:  4 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8   This is a little crude
but listen to the song to get the exact rhythm.  There's a little more
swing to it than how I wrote it.  The apostrophe represents a dotted note
(in this case, a dotted quarter note).

The first A is like this: 5--   the second A is: o--
                          5--                    3--
                          -6-                    3--
                          --7                    3--
                          x                      x
                          x                      x
The Bmin is: 2--                the D is: 2--
             -3-                          -3-
             --4                          2--
             --4                          --4
             x                            x
             x                            x
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The progression is easy to play if you treat them all as bar chords.
Just leave your forefinger on the second fret over strings 1,2,3,and 4
except for the second A where you have to slightly raise your finger so that
the E string is open.  Slide down from the first A to the Bmin.

[Verse 1]
[A]     25 years...
[Bmin]  Tryin' ...
[D]     Hope...destination.        [A]
[A]     I realized...
[Bmin]  That the...
[D]     Man...means.   [A]
{Rest of the song's chord progression is the same thing}

[Chorus]


[Verse 2]
[A]     And I...
[Bmin]  I...the [D] time...institution. [A]
[A]     And I pray...
[Bmin]  I pray... single [D] day....revolution. [A]

[Chorus and last four lines of the chorus are repeated 2x more]

[Verse 3]

If anyone sees any mistakes in here, please feel free to post corrections
(I'd like to know them myself).




                        What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes

       ----------------------------------------------------------------

                 [Laboriously typed up by Mardi Gras(TNT)]
                         [Transcribed by TNT SHWE]



Recommended Chord Positions:

                             A(5th)  577655
                             Bm      x24432
                             D       xxO232
                             A       xO222O
                             Asus    xO22OO  (Asus is a transition chord)



Intro:  Rhythm guitar chord progression is  A(5th) Bm D A Asus
        It is repeated throughout only that the A(5th)'s are replaced with         just the open A!

Lead (electric) guitar part:  (Check with the track when to join in)

E|
B|
G|  7/9  9  9  9                                 2            2   2~~~
D|                 7~~~~~      7  7\  4    2  4    4    2  4    4
A|
E|

E|
B|     3
G|  2    2   4/6                          2~~~
D|               7~~~~~     2  4    2  4
A|
E|



Verse 1:

The lead guitar now plays a variation of the intro:

E|
B|
G|                   2            2   2~~~
D|  7  7\ 4    2  4    4    2  4    4
A|
E|

E|
B|        2     2~~~
G|  2  4     4
D|
A|
E|

  A
    25 years...

    Bm                                         D
    Tryin....

               A
    For ....

      A
    I realised ...

               Bm                                       D
    That the world...

                        A
    For whatever...



Pre Chorus:


Chorus: And I say...

Interlude:

Verse 2:

Verse 3:

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