Up by Jason Mraz
tabbed by ieremv
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videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxWgVohLoGI
(used as reference. you can use it to learn the hand pattern too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZs14VvqRPU&feature=fvwrel
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It looks like a lot of different chords, but it’s basically a few different chord shapes.
M7 chords:
e|-(6)-|--x--|--x--| (adding a high note on the ‘e’ string adds flavour, but is optional)
B|--7--|--3--|--5--|
G|--8--|--4--|--6--|
D|--8--|--4--|--6--|
A|--x--|--x--|--x--|
E|--7--|--3--|--5--|
BM7 GM7 AM7
m7 chords:
e|--6--|--4--|--7--|--4--|
B|--7--|--5--|--8--|--4--|
G|--6--|--4--|--7--|--4--|
D|--8--|--6--|--9--|--4--|
A|--6--|--4--|--7--|--6--|
E|--x--|--x--|--x--|--4--|
D#m7 C#m7 Em7 G#m7
Other chords:
e|--2--|--2--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
B|--2--|--2--|--5--|--7--|--8--|
G|--3--|--3--|--6--|--8--|--9--|
D|--4--|--2--|--5--|--9--|--9--|
A|--4--|--4--|--7--|--9--|--7--|
E|--2--|--2--|--5--|--7--|--x--|
F# F#7 A7 B Em
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ROUGH PROGRESSION (there are exceptions to some parts of the song)
Verses:
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
Pre-Chorus:
C#m7 F#
Chorus:
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-AM7
G#m7 D#m7 C#m7 GM7-F#7
Bridge:
B Em D#m7 Em7 G#m7 GM7
GM7 C#m7 Em7 A7 BM7
Em7 A7 BM7
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EXACT (and how they fit in with the lyrics too!)
feel free to play with the 7ths variations
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
BM7
A little like Gene Wilder now
D#m7
Coming out of the tower now
G#m7
In a glass elevator
that could take you all the way
GM7 F#7
to the sky
BM7
Ain't trying to fool ya now
D#m7
I got nothing to lose and no how
G#m7 GM7 F#7
So be in it with the limitless image of the intimate figure that you're getting is love
C#m7 F#
All you need is love
BM7
Ain't it nice to get out of here
D#m7
Already out of the atmosphere
G#m7
Well if the glass ever shattered
well it wouldn't really matter
GM7 F#7
it's a love that is lifting us up
C#m7 F#
All you need is love
BM7
We're going up, up, up
D#m7
Flying away
G#7
We're taking the higher route
GM7 AM7
We're taking the ceiling out
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G#m7
We're going up,
D#m7
we're flying away
C#m7
Never coming down
GM7 F#7
because we're living it up, living it up, yeah
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
BM7
What happens when your light goes out
D#m7
No one’s there to give you mouth to mouth
G#m7
Don't let the break down trouble you
GM7 F#7
and claim that a brother need's a hero now
BM7 D#m7
Cause I know, you know, baby once you know, you'll always know
G#m7 GM7
It's your own, your own, your own love that gets you where you wanna go
BM7
We're going up, up, up
D#m7
Flying away
G#7
We're taking the higher route
GM7 AM7
We're taking the ceiling out
G#m7
We're going up,
D#m7
we're flying away
C#m7
Never coming down
GM7 F#7
because we're living it up, living it up
GM7 F#7
yeah you’re living it up
B
Knowing it's good
Em
And I don't mean good enough
D#m7
When it's really love
Em7 G#m7
Well you can just rise above anything
GM7
it's our destiny
GM7
Yeah
C#m7
Oh-oh-oh
Em7
Oh-oh-oh
A7 BM7
Oh-oh-ah, ah, ah
Em7 A7 BM7
La-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah
BM7
A little like Gene Wilder now
D#m7
Coming out of the tower now
G#m7
In a glass elevator
that could take you all the way
GM7
to the sky
BM7
We're going up
D#m7
We’re flying away
G#7
We're taking the higher route
GM7 AM7
We're taking the ceiling out
G#m7
We're going up,
D#m7
we're flying away
C#m7
Never coming down
GM7 F#7
because we're living it up, living it up
BM7
Going up
D#m7
Flying away
G#7
We're taking the higher route
GM7 AM7
We're taking the ceiling out
G#m7
We're going up,
D#m7
we're flying away
C#m7
Never coming down
GM7 F#7
Keep on living it up, living it up
GM7 F#7
Yeah living it up
C#m7 F#
All you need is love
BM7
Love is all you need
D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
BM7 D#m7 G#m7 GM7-F#7
BM7
