Gotta Sing Higher chords by Kenny White

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC G+G C majorC G+G X2

Verse:
  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA
You sit there all day putting meaning into songs
     C majorC       G+G         C majorC      G+G
If you’re looking for a hit, you’re going about it all wrong
D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD       A augmentedA
All that psychobabble and mouthfulls of clever
   C majorC          G+G    C majorC         G+G
I’ll tell you when you’ll hit the charts… how about never?
   Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb
Well i have studied on this and my calculation’s true
FF               G+G
Here’s a little tip that could work for even you

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC        E minorEm
You gotta sing high, then even higher
E minorEm     FF            C majorC
Gotta look sensitive, mess up your hair
C majorC                      D MajorD
But not like you meant to, sing things like ‘you’re beautiful’
     FF             G+G
And then repeat the line. and then repeat the line
C majorC        FF
Repeat the line

Verse:
D MajorD           A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA
You’re not getting any younger, you’re sure no pretty face
C majorC              G+G   C majorC      G+G
You got like, what, maybe a dozen friends on myspace?
  D MajorD       A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA
You lost all your blue-collar credibility
  C majorC           G+G       C majorC        G+G
You google your own name, you get kenny rogers or kenny g
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
No, the way i see it, you got one choice to make
   FF                   G+G
Right now you’re caught between a folk and a hard place

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC        E minorEm
You gotta sing high, then even higher
E minorEm     FF            C majorC
Gotta look sensitive, mess up your hair
C majorC                      D MajorD
But not like you meant to, sing things like ‘you’re beautiful’
     FF             G+G
And then repeat the line. and then repeat the line
C majorC        FF
Repeat the line

Bridge:
Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb
I’ll tell you what you need, consider it a gift
FF              C majorC
Before the brass ring is too heavy to lift
   Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
You do what i say, you get a nice looking band
    FF            G+G          G+G
You’ll soon have the critics eating out of your hand

Breakdown:
C majorC  G+G          FF
    Don’t forget the breakdown
G+G   C majorC  G+G   A augmentedA FF Bb majorBb
OOOOOOOOO  OOOOOOOO

Verse:
D MajorD           A augmentedA       D MajorD       A augmentedA
Who wants to hear your politics, you foaming at the mouth?
C majorC          G+G    C majorC       G+G
Forget about playing anywhere even near the south
D MajorD      A augmentedA   D MajorD           A augmentedA
Maybe out in oregon they’re still hugging trees
  C majorC         G+G       C majorC          G+G
But here we’d just as soon not think about the world, so please
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
If you feel you must spout off about your day
     FF            C majorC            G+G
Could you do it in that pleasing, androgynous sort of way?

Outro:
G+G       C majorC    E minorEm   FF     C majorC
And sing it up high. no…higher. sensitive. hair
FF C majorC     G+G          FF
   You’re beautiful, it’s true
FF     G+G        C majorC
And then repeat the line. repeat the line
 D MajorD        FF        G+G
Repeat the line Repeat the line Repeat the line
 C majorC