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What's Up?

4 Non Blondes
All-time classics Easy songs 90s & 2000s
KeyA
Capo—
LevelEasy
Transpose A 0
Text
Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point

Intro

 
ABmDAsus2 x2
 
 

Verse

 
A
25 years of my life and still
BmD
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope
Asus2
for a destination.
A
I realized quickly when I knew I should
BmD
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man,
Asus2
for whatever that means.
 
 

Pre-Chorus

 
A
And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed
BmD
just to get all out, what's in my head, then I,
Asus2
I'm feeling, a little peculiar.
A
And so I wake in the morning, and I step outside
BmD
And I take a deep breath, and I get real high, and I,
Asus2
scream from the top of my lungs, "What's going on?"
 
 

Chorus

 
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus2
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
 
 

Interlude

 
Oooh ohh...
ABmDAsus
Oooh ohh...
ABmDAsus
 
 

Verse

 
ABm
And I try, oh my god, do I try
DAsus
I try all the time, in this institution.
ABm
And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
DAsus2
I pray every single day, for a revolution.
 
 

Pre-Chorus

 
A
And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed
BmD
just to get all out, what's in my head, then I,
Asus2
I'm feeling, a little peculiar.
A
And so I wake in the morning, and I step outside
BmD
And I take a deep breath, and I get real high, and I,
Asus2
scream from the top of my lungs, "What's going on?"
 
 

Chorus

 
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
 
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus2
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
ABm
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
DAsus2
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
 
 

Interlude

 
Oooh ohh...
ABmDAsus
 
 

Outro

 
A
25 years of my life and still
BmD
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope
Asus2
for a destination.
End

How to play What's Up? chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of What's Up? by 4 Non Blondes is presented in the key of A. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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