What's Up?

Words & Music:

Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes, 1992)

 

A(5)  A(0)  Bm  D  [vamp for intro and changes for whole song]

 

A

Twenty-five years of my life and still

Bm

Trying to get up that great big hill

   D                A

Of hope for a destination.

A

I realized quickly as I knew I should

Bm

That this world was made up of this brotherhood of

D                       A  [etc. same progression for rest of song]

Man - for whatever that means.

 

PRE-CHORUS:

And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in my bed;

Just to get it 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?"

 

CHORUS:

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?"

 

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:

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

 

Twenty-five years and my life is still

Trying to get up that great big hill of

Hope for a destination...

 





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