Whats up  4 Non Blondes

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ###Subject: 4 Non Blondes: What's Up#Hahn Huang (hahn@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)#* What's Up? * 4 Non Blondes *#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)     Hope, for a destination.        (A)


(A)     I realized quickly when I knew I should


(Bmin)  That the world was made up of this brotherhood of


(D)     Man, for whatever that means.   (A)


(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)  I try all the (D) time, in this institution. (A)


(A)     And I pray, oh my god, do I pray


(Bmin)  I pray every single (D) day, for a revolution. (A)


(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]Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hop[D]e


    For a desti[A]nation


    I [A]realised quickly when I knew I should


    That the wo[Bm]rld was made up of this brotherhood of Ma[D]n


    For whatever that me[A]ans


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