Wannabe chords by Spice Girls

Chords with lyrics

Wannabe - Performed by the Spice Girls, From the Virgin album SPICE

   YO!
     BB              D MajorD
   I'll ..
    E MajorE                A augmentedA         A#A#
   So ...
     BB              D MajorD
   I'll ..
    E MajorE                A augmentedA         A#A#
   So ..
       BB                  D MajorD
   I ..
       E MajorE             A augmentedA      A#A#
   I ..!

   F#F#       G#G#
   If ..
   E MajorE     BB
   Forget ..
   F#F#      G#G#
   If ..
   E MajorE       BB
   Betta..
   F#F#      G#G#
   Now ..
   E MajorE      BB
   My ...
   F#F#       G#G#
   Get ..
       E MajorE    BB
   We ...

   CHORUS:
   N.C BB              D MajorD
   I'll ..
    E MajorE                A augmentedA         A#A#
   So ..
       BB                  D MajorD
   I ...)
       E MajorE             A augmentedA      A#A#
   I ..

   F#F#         G#G#
   If ...
   E MajorE           BB
   You ..
   F#F#       G#G#
   Make ..
   E MajorE        BB
   Friendship ...
   F#F#         G#G#
   If ..
   E MajorE        BB
   You ...
   F#F#      G#G#
   Taking ..
     E MajorE         BB
   But...

   N.C
   What ..
       E MajorE     BB
   Now ..
   F#F#     G#G#
   Say..
   E MajorE      BB
   Are ...
   F#F#     G#G#
   I ...
   E MajorE        BB
   I'll ..
   F#F#      G#G#
   If ...
        E MajorE    BB
   Then ...

   YO!
   So.. ..} All of this is
   You ..} played over the
   We've ..} b-d-e-a-a# chord
   You ..} progression 3
   Easy ..} times, no more
   And ..} no less...

   BB           D MajorD
   Slam ..
   N.C
   Slam..
   F#F#         G#G#
   If ...
   E MajorE           BB
   You ..

   Ad lib for a bit..
   E MajorE           A augmentedA      A#A#
   Slam ...
   F#F#
   If ...
   END

Notes:

The best way to play the b-d-e-a-a#-b bits is as follows

e ---------------------------------
b -----SLIDE----SLIDE--------------
g -4--4--/--7--7--/--9--9--2--2--3-  Repeat and
d -4--4--/--7--7--/--9--9--2--2--3-  so on.....
a -2--2--/--5--5--/--7--7--0--0--1-
e ---------------------------------

Any comments or queries, drop me a line, [email protected]

Transcribed by Lee Webb.
The chord timings are not spot on, but i`m sure you`ll all be ok!!!!

YOU MAY FREELY DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE ONLY IN ITS PRESENT FORM!!!!
FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN BROKEN LEGS!!!!
(The author is 6 foot 4 and `quite handy`)

Legal Stuff:

As usual, this is my own interpretation of this piece and is intended for private study, research and scholarship, though what you could learn from
5 insane British women is quite frankly beyond me...

Say You`ll Be There coming soon...
2 become 1 coming a bit after that...

Also Available by e-mailing the author:

Ohh Ahh Just a Little Bit (Gina G+G)
Three Lions (Lightning Seeds, Baddiel and Skinner)

(c)December 1996   Useless Transcriptions inc.


Wannabe : Spice Girls

transcribed by Trevor Borgmeier ([email protected])

Chords
verse				Chorus
F#F# 	G# minorG#m	E MajorE	B7B7	B5B5	D5D5	G5G5	A5A5	A#5A#5
2	4	0	2	x 	x	x	x	x
2	4	0	4	x	x	x	x	x
3	4	1	2	x	7	9	x	x
4	6	2	4	9	7 	9	7	8
4	6	2	2	9	5 	7	7	8
2	4	0	2	7	x 	x	5	7

bass intro=
  BB   D MajorD   G+G   A augmentedA   A#A#
A augmentedA|-------5--5--7--7----------- repeat
E MajorE|-7--7--------------5--5--6--

Chorus riff = B5B5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 A#5A#5
Verse riff = F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE B7B7

chorus/intro riff 	x3
verse riff			x4
chorus/intro riff 	x2
verse riff			x4
low E-14/4-- slow slide	x1
verse riff start w/E	x3.5
chorus/intro riff 	x2
if you wanna be my lover...
verse riff start w/E	x3.5
chorus/intro riff 	x3.5
slam your body down and wind it all around
verse riff			x8
chorus/intro riff 	x2
if ya wanna be my lover...

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