WHAT'S UP

by 4 Non Blondes
Album: Bigger, Better, Faster, More?
(c) 1992

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INTRO:
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[ACOUSTIC GUITAR Chord Progression: A Bm D A2]

ELECTRIC LEAD (on second progression):

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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ELECTRIC FILL 1:
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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|----------------------------------------------------|

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VERSE 1:   [Play with ELECTRIC FILL 1]
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            A
25 years of my life and still
            Bm
Tryin' to to get up that great big hill of
            D                    A2
Hope, for a destination.
            A
I realized quickly when I knew I should
            Bm
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of
            D                    A2
Man, for whatever that means.

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ELECTRIC FILL 2:
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E|----5----------2----------2----------0--------------|
B|----5----------3----------3----------2--------------|
G|----6--------2-4------2---2--------2-2--------------|
D|--4/7----2-4---4----4---4-4----2-4---2--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

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CHORUS:    [Same CHORD progression played w/ ELECTRIC FILL 2]
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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?"

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ELECTRIC FILL 3:
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E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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?"

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INTERLUDE:
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Ooh ooh ooh.....   [Chord progression 2x with electric Fill 1]

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VERSE 2: [With electric fill 1]:
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           A
And I try, oh my god, do I try
   Bm          D                          A2
I try all the time, in this institution.
           A
And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
   Bm                D                      A2
I pray every single day, for a revolution.

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CHORUS       [AND last four lines of the chorus are repeated 2x more
-------        As above chorus]

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Verse 3:
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25 years of my life and still
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of
Hope, for a destination. . .

NOTATION:

 ~~=vibrato
 /=slide up
 \=slide down

CHORDS:

A(5th)  577655
Bm      x24432
D       xxO232
A2      xO222O