4 Non Blondes - Whats Up guitar chord
From: Hahn Huang
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...
[Bmin] Tryin' ...
[D] Hope...destination. [A]
[A] I realized...
[Bmin] That the...
[D] Man...means. [A]
{Rest of the song's chord progression is the same thing}
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[A] And I...
[Bmin] I...the [D] time...institution. [A]
[A] And I pray...
[Bmin] I pray... single [D] day....revolution. [A]
[Chorus and last four lines of the chorus are repeated 2x more]
[Verse 3]
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...
Bm D
Tryin....
A
For ....
A
I realised ...
Bm D
That the world...
A
For whatever...
Pre Chorus:
Chorus: And I say...
Interlude:
Verse 2:
Verse 3:
