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Uptown Girl by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Uptown Girl
Standard Tuning (EBGDAE)
Chords Used:
E5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 B5 C5 D5 Em
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------5----7----9-----------------------------------|
D----2----4----5----6----7----8----9----5----7----9-----------------------------------|
A----2----4----5----6----7----8----9----3----5----7-----------------------------------|
E----0----2----3----4----5----6----7--------------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#5
She''s been living in her uptown world
A5 B5 E5 F#5
I bet she never had a back street guy
G#5
I bet her mama never told her why
A5 B5
I''m gonna try for an
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#m
She''s been living in her white bread world
A5 B5 E5 F#5
As long as anyone with hot blood can
G#5
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
A5 B5
That''s what I am
C5 A5
And when she knows what
D5 G5
She wants from her time
C5 A5
And when she wakes up
D5 G5
And makes up her mind
C5 G5
She''ll see I''m not so tough
A5
Just because
B5
I''m in love with an
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#m
You know I''ve seen her in her uptown world
A5 B5 E5 F#5
She''s getting tired of her high class toys
G#m
And all her presents from her uptown boys
A5 B5
She''s got a choice
G5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5
Whoo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oah
G5 A5 Bb5 B5
Whoo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oah
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#m
You know I can''t afford to buy her pearls
A5 B5 E F#5
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
G#m
She''ll understand what kind of guy I''ve been
A5 B5
And then I''ll win
C5 A5
And when she''s walking
D5 G5
She''s looking so fine
C5 A5
And when she''s talking
D5 G5
She''ll say that she''s mine
C5 G5
She''ll say I''m not so tough
A5
Just because
B5
I''m in love with an
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#m
She''s been living in her white bread world
A5 B5 E5 F#5
As long as anyone with hot blood can
G#5
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
A5 B5
That''s what I am
G5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5
Whoo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oah
G5 A5 Bb5 B5
Whoo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oah
E5 F#5
Uptown girl
G#5
my uptown girl
A5 B5
You know I''m in love
E5 F#5
With an uptown girl
G#5
My uptown girl
A5 B5
You know I''m in love
E5 F#5
With an uptown girl
G#5
My uptown girl
A5 B5
Yeah, yeah
Em B5
Uptown girl
A5 G#5 F#5 E5
My uptown girl
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version 2
p=palm mute
e-|---------verse-x4----------------|-----------------chorus-x2-------------|
B-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D-|-2-2-2--4-4-4--6-6-6--7--9-------|-------------------4-4-4-4-------------|
A-|-2-2-2--4-4-4--6-6-6--7--9-------|-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2----|
E-|-0-0-0--2-2-2--4-4-4--5--7-------|-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0----|
e-|-----------------------end chorus--x1----------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|
A-|-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
E-|-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2----p-p-p---------------------------------|
p p p p p p
e-|-----------------Bridge-x2--------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------|
D-|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9--7--------------|
A-|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9--7--------------|
E-|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--5--------------|
Then play
verse x2
chorus x2
end chorus x1
verse x2 (only strum each chord once)
Bridge x2
verse x4
Uptown girl
She''s been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I''m gonna try for an uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She''ll see I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love with an uptown girl
You know I''ve seen her in her uptown world
She''s getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She''s got a choice
Uptown girl
You know I can''t afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She''ll understand what kind of guy I''ve been
And then I''ll win
And when she''s walking
She''s looking so fine
And when she''s talking
She''ll say that she''s mine
She''ll say I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love
With and uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
Uptown girl
She''s my uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
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version 3
Standard tuning, this should hopefully be the right way to play it.
Intro/verse/chorus
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-222--444--666--7-9--| X 4
|---------------|-222--444--666--7-9--|
|--(pickslide)--|-000--222--444--5-7--|
"And when she knows what" "She''ll see I''m not so tough"
|------------------------| |-------------------------|
|------------------------| |-------------------------|
|----555-------777-------| X 2 |-----555-----------------| (pre-chorus)
|----555--777--777--555--| |-----555--555--777--999--|
|----333--777--555--555--| |-----333--555--777--999--|
|---------555-------333--| |----------333--555--777--|
"uptown girl"
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-222--444--666--7-9--| X 2 (chorus)
|-222--444--666--7-9--|
|-000--222--444--5-7--|
"ooooooooooohOOOOOOOH" (bridge)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-555--777--888--9-7--| X 2
|-555--777--888--9-7--|
|-333--555--666--7-5--|
then...
Verse
Pre Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
Uptown girl
She''s been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I''m gonna try for an uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She''ll see I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love with an uptown girl
You know I''ve seen her in her uptown world
She''s getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She''s got a choice
Uptown girl
You know I can''t afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She''ll understand what kind of guy I''ve been
And then I''ll win
And when she''s walking
She''s looking so fine
And when she''s talking
She''ll say that she''s mine
She''ll say I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love
With and uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
Uptown girl
She''s my uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
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version 4
Intro/verse/chorus
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-222--444--666--7-9--| X 4
|---------------|-222--444--666--7-9--|
|--(pickslide)--|-000--222--444--5-7--|
"And when she knows what"
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----555-------777-------|-----555-----------------|
|----555--777--777--555--|-----555--777--999--222--|
|----333--777--555--555--|-----333--777--888--222--|
|---------555-------333--|----------555--777--000--|
"She''ll see I''m not so tough"
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----222-------444--888--| (pre-chorus)
|-----222--444--444--777--|
|-----000--444--222--666--|
|----------222------------|
"uptown girl"
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-222--444--666--7-9--| X 2 (chorus)
|-222--444--666--7-9--|
|-000--222--444--5-7--|
"ooooooooooohOOOOOOOH" (bridge)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-555--777--888--9-7--| X 2
|-555--777--777--9-7--|
|-333--555--666--7-5--|
then...
Verse
Pre Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
Uptown girl
She''s been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I''m gonna try for an uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She''ll see I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love with an uptown girl
You know I''ve seen her in her uptown world
She''s getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She''s got a choice
Uptown girl
You know I can''t afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She''ll understand what kind of guy I''ve been
And then I''ll win
And when she''s walking
She''s looking so fine
And when she''s talking
She''ll say that she''s mine
She''ll say I''m not so tough
Just because
I''m in love
With and uptown girl
She''s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she''s looking for a downtown man
That''s what I am
Uptown girl
She''s my uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I''m in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
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