4 Non Blondes - What’s Up?

      
 
 Subject: 4 Non Blondes: What's Up
 
 Hahn Huang (hahn@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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 * What's Up? * 4 Non Blondes *
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 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
 
 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 of my life and still
 Bmin                                       
  Tryin' to to get up that great big hill of
 D                         A 
  Hope, for A destination. 
 A                                       
  I realized quickly when I knew I should
 Bmin                                              
  That the world was made up of this brotherhood of
 D                              A 
  Man, for whatever that means. 
 {Rest of the song's chord progression is the same thing}
 
 Chorus 
 
 And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed
 just to get all out, what's in my head, then
 I, I am feeling, a little peculiar.
 And so I wake in the morning, and I step outside
 And I take a deep breath, and I get real high, and
 I, scream from the top of my lungs, "What's going on?"
 And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
 I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
 And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
 I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
 
 Verse 2 
 
 A                              
  And I try, oh my god, do I try
 Bmin           D                           A 
  I try all the  time, in this institution. 
 A                                
  And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
 Bmin                 D                       A 
  I pray every single  day, for a revolution. 
 
 Chorus and last four lines of the chorus are repeated 2x more 
 
 
 Verse 3 
 
 25 years of my life and still
 Tryin' to get up that great big hill of
 Hope, for a destination
 
 If anyone sees any mistakes in here, please feel free to post corrections
 (I'd like to know them myself).
 
 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 22:05:02 +0100
 From: Denis
 
 What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes

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 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 and my life is still
 
 Bm                                         D 
 Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope
 
            A     
 For a destination
 
   A                                    
 I realised quickly when I knew I should
 
            Bm                                       D 
 That the world was made up of this brotherhood of Man
 
                     A  
 For whatever that means
 
 
 Pre Chorus:
 
 And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
 
 Just to get it all out, what's in my head
 
 And I, I am feeling, a little peculiar
 
 And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
 
 And I take a deep breath and I get real high
 
 And I, scream from the top of my lungs,
 
 "What's going on?"
 
 
 Chorus:
 
 And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah"
 
 I said "Hey! What's goin' on?"
 
 And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah"
 
 I said "Hey! What's goin' on?"
 
 Interlude:
 
 Oooh ohh... etc
 
 
 Verse 2:
 
 And I try, oh my God do I try
 
 I try all the time
 
 In this institution
 
 And I pray, oh my God do I pray
 
 I pray every single day, for a revolution
 
 
 Pre Chorus: (As before)
 
 
 Chorus: (As before, but x2)
 
 
 Interlude: (As before)
 
 
 Verse 3:
 
 25 years and my life and still
 
 Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope
 
 For a destination