What's up

Chord progression goes like this throughout the entire song
A Bmin D A
v v v v v v v ^ v v v v ^
The rhythm goes like this: 4 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 This is a little crude
but listen to the song to get the exact rhythm. There's a little more
swing to it than how I wrote it. The apostrophe represents a dotted note
(in this case, a dotted quarter note).

The first A is like this: 5-- the second A is: o--
5-- 3--
-6- 3--
--7 3--
x x
x x
The Bmin is: 2-- the D is: 2--
-3- -3-
--4 2--
--4 --4
x x
x x

The progression is easy to play if you treat them all as bar chords.
Just leave your forefinger on the second fret over strings 1,2,3,and 4
except for the second A where you have to slightly raise your finger so that
the E string is open. Slide down from the first A to the Bmin.

[Verse 1]
[A] 25 years of my life and still
[Bmin] Tryin' to to get up that great big hill of
[D] Hope, for a destination. [A]
[A] I realized quickly when I knew I should
[Bmin] That the world was made up of this brotherhood of
[D] Man, for whatever that means. [A]
{Rest of the song's chord progression is the same thing}

[Chorus]
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?"
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?"

[Verse 2]
[A] And I try, oh my god, do I try
[Bmin] I try all the [D] time, in this institution. [A]
[A] And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
[Bmin] I pray every single [D] day, for a revolution. [A]

[Chorus and last four lines of the chorus are repeated 2x more]

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

If anyone sees any mistakes in here, please feel free to post corrections
(I'd like to know them myself).




Message-Id: <89209.weis0010@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: CRD was REQ: "What's Up," 4 Non Blondes

The Non Blondes play this in A; I use G 'cause it's easier for me to
sing. It's possible to play the song as just G Am C G; the extra
chords are only played for one beat apiece just before the change.
Ben


WHAT'S UP (4 Non Blondes)

INTRO: G...Gsus2 Am...Dsus4 C...Cadd9 Dsus4 G...Gsus2 (repeat)

G Gsus2
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Am Dsus4 C
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
Cadd9 Dsus4 G Gsus2
For a desti-nation

(same chords throughout)

I realized quickly, like I knew I should
That this world's made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means

PRE-CHORUS: And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
And I'm 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?"

CHORUS: And I say hey, yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah, and I say hey
What's going on? (repeat)

And I try, oh my god how I try
I try all the time
In this institution

And I pray, oh my god how I pray
I pray every single day
For revolution

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS (repeat ad nauseam with backing vocals from "And so I wake...")

CODA: Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination