Artist: Cameo
Song: Word up
Tabbed by: DJ
18th June 2013
Tuning: Standard
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F#m E D D E E F#
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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,
F#m E4 E
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!
F#m E4 E
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,
F#m E4 E
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!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cameo/word_up_crd.html ]
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,
F#m E4 E
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!
F# A
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A|-------------2--0--|---------------|
E|--2-----2----------|--2-----2------| (x4)
F#m E4 E D D E E F#
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F#m E4 E D D E E
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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
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F#m E4 E D D E E F#
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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
