4 NON BLONDES - "Whats Up" Tablature

From: Hahn Huang
Subject: 4 Non Blondes: What's Up

Hahn Huang (hahn@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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* What's Up? * 4 Non Blondes *
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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).


Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 22:05:02 +0100
From: Denis


What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes

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[Laboriously typed up by Mardi Gras(TNT)]
[Transcribed by TNT SHWE]



Recommended Chord Positions:

A(5th) 577655
Bm x24432
D xxO232
A xO222O
Asus xO22OO (Asus is a transition chord)



Intro: Rhythm guitar chord progression is A(5th) Bm D A Asus
It is repeated throughout only that the A(5th)'s are replaced with just the open A!

Lead (electric) guitar part: (Check with the track when to join in)

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|



Verse 1:

The lead guitar now plays a variation of the intro:

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|

A
25 years and my life is still

Bm D
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope

A
For a destination

A
I realised quickly when I knew I should

Bm D
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of Man

A
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, 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?"



Chorus:


And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah"

I said "Hey! What's goin' on?"

And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah"

I said "Hey! What's goin' on?"



Interlude:


Oooh ohh... etc



Verse 2:


And I try, oh my God do I try

I try all the time

In this institution

And I pray, oh my God do I pray

I pray every single day, for a revolution



Pre Chorus: (As before)



Chorus: (As before, but x2)



Interlude: (As before)



Verse 3:


25 years and my life and still

Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope

For a destination