What's Up?
Author/Artist: 4 Non Blondes
Title: What's Up
Transcribed by: Matteo (guitarist of the "Black River")
Email: blackriverofficial@hotmail.com
See our web site: come.to/blackriver or blackriver.6go.net
That is a very easy song...there are 2 guitar play in the song:one acoustic
and one electric. The first make only a chords progression, the second make a
sorts of SOLO riff, but very easy. Listen the song to understand timing.
Here the riffs:
Chords Progression: A Bm D Asus
1? Guitar: Acoustic
see the riff below
2? Guitar: Electric (with very little distorsion)
Intro Riff:
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|--7/9--9--9--9----------------2-----------2-----2--2-----2--4/6-----|
|----------------7--7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4-------------------7--|
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Verse Riff:
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|--------------2-------------2-----------2-----2--------2-----2--|
|--2--4--2--4-----7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4-----2--4-----4-----|
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Chorus: Make the acoustic chords progression with little distorsion
Listen the song to understand timing...
1? Solo Riff:
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|----------------2-----------2-----2--2-----2--4/6-----------------2-------|
|--7--7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4-------------------7--2--4--2--4-----7/4--|
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|--------2-----------2-----2--2-----2--4/6-----|
|--2--4-----4--2--4-----4-------------------7--|
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2? Solo (The Intro Riff...only one time)
(Verse 1)
A
25 years of my life and still
Bmin
Tryin' to to get up that great big hill of
D A
Hope, for a destination.
A
I realized quickly when I knew I should
Bmin
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of
D A
Man, for whatever that means.
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 D A
I try all the time, in this institution.
A
And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
Bmin D A
I pray every single day, for a revolution.
(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