Artist: Cameo
Song: Word up
Tabbed by: DJ
18th June 2013

Tuning: Standard

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F#m                      E4         E
Yoh, pretty ladies, a - round the world,
       D          D    E           E   F#
Got a weird thing to show you, so tell all the boys and girls,
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Tell your brother, your sister, and your momma too,
                  D      D   E         E   F#
'Cause we're a - bout to go down, and you know just what to do!


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Wave your hands in the air, like you don't care,
  D       D    E         E   F#
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare,
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Do your dance,... do your dance, do your dance quick, mama,
D        D    E         E    F#
    Come on, baby, tell me what's the word?


        F#m          E4    E
A - word up! Every - body say,
  D            D   E             E  F#
When you hear the call, you got to get it under way,
    F#m           E4     E        D           D   E
Word up! It's the code word, no matter where you say it,
 E   F#
You know that you'll be heard!


             F#m             E4          E
Now all you sucker DJ's who think you're fly,
         D        D   E         E   F#
There's got to be a reason, and we know the reason why,
           F#m                    E4        E
You try to put on those airs, and act real cool,
         D          D     E         E      F#
But you got to re - al - ise that you're acting like fools!


           F#m                         E4       E
If there's music we can use it, we're free to dance,
D              D   E              E      F#
We don't have the time for psy - cho - logical romance,
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No ro - mance, no romance, no romance for me, momma,
D        D    E         E   F#
    Come on, baby, tell me what's the word?


         F#m            E4    E     D            D    E
A -  word up!   Every - body say, when you hear the call,
        E  F#
You got to get it under way!  Owww!


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e|-------------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|
A|-------------2--0--|---------------|
E|--2-----2----------|--2-----2------| (x4)


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 F#
Come on, all you people sing...
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     F#      E   F#        A   F#       E   F#        A
||:  W - O - R - D... UP!       W - O - R - D... UP!     :||x4


   (no chords, scrub rythmn)           F#      E   F#        A
||:  /  /_/  /  / | /_/  /_/  /  / |   W - O - R - D... UP!     :||x2
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e|-------------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|
A|-------------2--0--|---------------|
E|--2-----2----------|--2-----2------| (Repeat)


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F#m =  244222
E   =  022100
D   =  xx0232
F#  =  244322
E4  =  022200
A   =  577655