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                Y.M.C.A. - Village People
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Village People
Y.M.C.A. (1978)
(Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, Victor Willis)

From: "Cruisin'"

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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
 
          E-A-D-G-B-E
A/B       x-2-2-2-2(0)
B7sus4    x-2-4-2-5-2
B/D#      x-6-4-4-4-x
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2-x
B/F#      2-x-4-4-4-2

Two options for the F#m part in the chorus:
- for more deep end use these voicings:
F#m       2-4-4-2-2(2)
F#m(maj7) 2-4-3-2-2(2)
F#m7      2-4-2-2-2(2)
F#m6      2-x-1-2-2(2)
- to accentuate the downward scale these sound fine:
F#m       x-x-4-2-2(2)
F#m(maj7) x-x-3-2-2(1)
F#m7      x-x-2-2-2(0)
F#m6      x-x-1-2-2(2)

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Capo 2nd fret

INTRO
| A/B | % | % | % | B7sus4 | % |

EYoung (022100@1)man, there's no need to feel down
        C#mI (x13321@4)said, young man, pick yourself off the ground
        AI (x02220@1)said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
           B/D# (x2544x@1) A/C#B  AG#m B/F#There's (x2444x@1)no need   to   be unhap-py

EYoung (022100@1)man, there's a place you can go
        C#mI (x13321@4)said, young man, when you're short on your dough
        AYou (x02220@1)can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
     B/D#   A/C# B    A G#m  F#m   B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
Many ways   to   have agood (x02210@1)time    ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅

[tacet]                 EIt's (022100@1)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
          F#m (244222@1)Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)    F#m6They (2x4242@1)have everything that you need to enjoy,
        B7sus4You (x22200@1)can hang out with all the boys 
                        EIt's (022100@1)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
        F#m (244222@1)        Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)     F#m6You (2x4242@1)can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
        B7sus4You (x22200@1)can do whatever you feel

EYoung (022100@1)man, are you listening to me?
        C#mI (x13321@4)said, young man, what do you want to be?
        AI (x02220@1)said, young man, you can make real your dreams
           B/D# (x2544x@1)A/C#B    A (x02220@1)  G#mB/F#
But you've got   to   know this one thing!

ENo (022100@1)man does it all by himself
        C#mI (x13321@4)said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
        AAnd (x02220@1)just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
         B/D#   A/C#  B     A  G#m F#m  B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
I'm sure they   can   help you to--day    ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅

[tacet]                 EIt's (022100@1)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
          F#m (244222@1)Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)    F#m6They (2x4242@1)have everything that you need to enjoy,
        B7sus4You (x22200@1)can hang out with all the boys 
                        EIt's (022100@1)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
        F#m (244222@1)        Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)     F#m6You (2x4242@1)can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
        B7sus4You (x22200@1)can do whatever you feel

EYoung (022100@1)man, I was once in your shoes
        C#mI (x13321@4)said, I was down and out with the blues
       AI (x02220@1)felt no man cared if I were alive
       B/D# (x2544x@1)A/C# (042220@1)  B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)  G#mB/F#
I felt the   whole   world  was  so  jive

EThat's (022100@1)when someone came up to me,
          C#mAnd (x13321@4)said, young man, take a walk up the street
       AIt's (x02220@1)a place there called the YMCA
         B/D#  A/C# B    A  G#m  F#m  B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
They can start you  back on your way    ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅      ˅

[tacet]                 EIt's (022100@1)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
          F#m (244222@1)Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)    F#m6They (2x4242@1)have everything that you need to enjoy,
        B7sus4You (x22200@1)can hang out with all the boys

EY.M.C.A. (022100@1)                        C#mIt's (x13321@4)fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m (244222@1)            Fm(maj7)       F#m7 (131141@2)       F#m6Young (2x4242@1)man, young man there's no need to feel down
B7sus4
Young man, young man, pick yourself off the ground

EY.M.C.A. (022100@1)                    C#mThen (x13321@4)just go to the Y.M.C.A.
F#m (244222@1)            Fm(maj7)  F#m7 (131141@2)       F#m6Young (2x4242@1)man, young man I was once in your shoes
B7sus4
Young man, young man I was down with the blues

(repeat and fade)