Get Em Up chords by Nickelback

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
E MajorE
His driver’s license said James, he went by Jim
B minorBm
A augmentedA gangster wannabe, yeah baby, that was him
E MajorE
He stole his uncle’s 44 last Friday night
A augmentedA
Said if I wanted in, we’d have to plan this thing just right
E MajorE
We’ll need the gloves, we’ll need the bags, a couple masks
B minorBm
We’ll need to steal a car with windows tinted black
E MajorE
We picked the nearest bank on Main and 17th
A augmentedA
We wrote down every line from every movie that we’d seen
N.C
Screamin'...

Pre-Chorus:
Eb5Eb5            C#5C#5   C5C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor
Eb5Eb5             C#5C#5   C5C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)
Eb5Eb5             C#5C#5    C5C5
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone
Eb5Eb5              C#5C#5    C5C5
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home


Chorus:
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

Post-Chorus:
N.C
Get 'em up
N.C
Get 'em, get 'em up


Verse 2:
E MajorE
A augmentedA freshly stolen Mustang small block 302
B minorBm
Drove past the bank a dozen times this afternoon
E MajorE
The only parking spot was half a block away
A augmentedA
Gave us time to practice just exactly what to say
N.C
Screamin'...


Pre-Chorus:
Eb5Eb5            C#5C#5   C5C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor
Eb5Eb5             C#5C#5   C5C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)
Eb5Eb5             C#5C#5    C5C5
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone
Eb5Eb5              C#5C#5    C5C5
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home


Chorus:
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground


Post-Chorus:
N.C
Get 'em up
N.C
Get 'em, get 'em up


Bridge:
E MajorE
The only thing I wish that one of us had known
B minorBm
That it was Sunday and the god damn bank was closed
E MajorE
Too bad we didn’t see the cops across the street
A augmentedA
We dropped our guns and tried to run and there went all our dreams of screamin'...


Pre-Chorus:
Eb5Eb5            C#5C#5   C5C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor
Eb5Eb5               C#5C#5      C5C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah)
Eb5Eb5            C#5C#5    C5C5
We wanted easy street and now we’ll never know
Eb5Eb5                 C#5C#5     C5C5
Somebody call my mom and tell her I ain’t coming home


Chorus:
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Eb5Eb5
Get 'em up
C#5C#5   C5C5
And get down
Eb5Eb5
Reach for the sky
       C#5C#5   C5C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

Get ‘em up

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