Word Up
Cameo
You pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you, so tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too
We're about to go down and you know just what to do
Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick mama
Word up everybody say
When you hear the call you got to get it underway
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard
Now all you sucker DJs who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason, and we know the reason why
When you put on those airs and you act real cool
Got to realise that you're acting like fools
If there's music we can use it, you're free to dance
We don't have no time for psychological romance
No romance, no romance, no romance for me mama
Come on baby tell me what's the word
Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call you gotta get it underway
Dial L for love, dial L for love, dial L for love,
(Solo)
W.O.R.D. UP, W.O.R.D. UP, W.O.R.D. UP, W.O.R.D. UP, JIVE, yeah
Now all you sucker DJs who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason, and we know the reason why
When you put on these airs and you look real cool
Got to realise that you're acting like fools
No romance, no romance, no romance for me mama
Come on baby tell me what's the word
(Repeat chorus and fade)
Word Up
Artist : Cameo
: All notes on E string are slapped.
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Strings: E ,A ,D ,G
Symbols explanations:
H: hammer on P: pull off
S: slap .: pop
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There's three basic parts to this song. If you listen, you can tell where to
play
them.
Here's the main part:
S S S . . . . . . .
G -------r---------r-------------------------------------------------------------
D -------e----2--2-e-0--0--2H-2--4H-4--4-----------------------------------------
A -------s---------s-------------------------------------------------------------
E --2--2-t-0-------t-------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the variation that shows up after the first time the main part is played,
and other parts of the song:
S S S . S S S . . . S . . . S .
G -----------2-r-------------2-r-------------2-r-------------2-------------------
D -------------e---------------e-0--0--2H------e-2--4H-4-------------------------
A -------------s---------------s---------------s---------------------------------
E --2--2--X----t-0--2H-2--X----t----------X----t----------0----------------------
And here is the part that is played when he says "Da El Folo" (don't
have the
lyrics on hand):
S S . . S S
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------2--0-------------------------------------------------------------------
E --2--2--------2--2-------------------------------------------------------------
