| f | Word up | f | Word up |
| Cameo | | Cameo |
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| Intro: | | Intro: |
| [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [G] | | [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [G] |
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| [Verse 1] | | [Verse 1] |
| [G] Yo pretty ladies a[F]round the world | | [G] Yo pretty ladies a[F]round the world |
| Got a [Eb] weird thing to [F] show you so tell [G] all the boys and girls | | Got a [Eb] weird thing to [F] show you so tell [G] all the boys and girls |
| Tell your brother, your sister and your [F] mama, too | | Tell your brother, your sister and your [F] mama, too |
| We're a[Eb]bout to go [F] down and you [G] know just what to do | | We're a[Eb]bout to go [F] down and you [G] know just what to do |
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| [Verse 2] | | [Verse 2] |
| Wave your [G] hands in the air like [F] you don't care | | Wave your [G] hands in the air like [F] you don't care |
| [Eb] Glide by the [F] people as they [G] start to look and stare | | [Eb] Glide by the [F] people as they [G] start to look and stare |
| Do your dance... do your dance... [F] do your dance quick | | Do your dance... do your dance... [F] do your dance quick |
| [Eb] Mama... come on [F] baby, tell me [G] what's the word | | [Eb] Mama... come on [F] baby, tell me [G] what's the word |
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| |[Chorus] | | |[Chorus] |
| n | |Now word [G] up (up, up) every[F]body say | n | |Now word [G] up {blue}(up, up){/blue} every[F]body say |
| |[Eb] When you hear the [F] call you got to [G] get it underway | | |[Eb] When you hear the [F] call you got to [G] get it underway |
| |Word up... it's the [F] code word | | |Word up... it's the [F] code word |
| |No [Eb] matter where you [F] say it you'll [G] know that you'll be heard | | |No [Eb] matter where you [F] say it you'll [G] know that you'll be heard |
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| [Verse 3] | | [Verse 3] |
| Now all you [G] sucker DJs who [F] think you're fly | | Now all you [G] sucker DJs who [F] think you're fly |
| There's [Eb] got to be a [F] reason and we [G] know the reason why | | There's [Eb] got to be a [F] reason and we [G] know the reason why |
| You try to [G] put on those airs and [F] act real cool | | You try to [G] put on those airs and [F] act real cool |
| But you [Eb] got to rea[F]lise that you're [G] acting like fools | | But you [Eb] got to rea[F]lise that you're [G] acting like fools |
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| [Verse 4] | | [Verse 4] |
| If there's [G] music we can use it, we’re [F] free to dance | | If there's [G] music we can use it, we’re [F] free to dance |
| [Eb] We don't have the [F] time for psycho[G]logical romance | | [Eb] We don't have the [F] time for psycho[G]logical romance |
| No romance, no romance, [F] no romance for me, | | No romance, no romance, [F] no romance for me, |
| [Eb] Mama... come on [F] baby, tell me [G] what's the word | | [Eb] Mama... come on [F] baby, tell me [G] what's the word |
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| |[Chorus] | | |[Chorus] |
| t | |Now word [G] up (up, up) every[F]body say | t | |Now word [G] up {blue}(up, up){/blue} every[F]body say |
| |[Eb] When you hear the [F] call you got to [G] get it underway | | |[Eb] When you hear the [F] call you got to [G] get it underway |
| |Word up... it's the [F] code word | | |Word up... it's the [F] code word |
| |No [Eb] matter where you [F] say it you'll [G] know that you'll be heard | | |No [Eb] matter where you [F] say it you'll [G] know that you'll be heard |