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Hip to be Square – Huey Lewis and the News
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Huey Lewis and the News
Hip to be Square (1986)
(Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis)
From: "Fore!"
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RIFF (intro, verse, chorus, solo, coda)
E E/G# A E E/G# A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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A|7---------------|--------------5-|7---------------|--------------5-|
E|--0---4---4---4-|5\4/5-----5-7---|--0---4---4---4-|5\4/5-----5-7---|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
A x-0-2-2-2-0
G 3-x-0-0-3-3
A/B x-2-2-2-2-0
Bsus4 x-2-4-4-5-2
Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
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INTRO
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A |
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A A/B |
VERSE
E E/G# A E E/G# A
I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around
E E/G# A E E/G# A
But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down
A G A A/B E
Now I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair
F#m E/G#
You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care
Asus4 Bsus4 [break]
Cause I can tell what's going on
CHORUS
[N.C.] | E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A A/B |
It’s hip to be square
VERSE
E E/G# A E E/G# A
I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV
E E/G# A E E/G# A
I'm working out most every day and watching what I eat
A G A A/B E
They tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care
F#m E/G#
I know that it's crazy, I know that it's nowhere
Asus4 Bsus4 [break]
But there is no denying that
CHORUS
[N.C.] | E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A A/B |
So hip to be square
SOLO
| E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 |
| E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 |
| E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 |
| E | Esus4 | E | A A/B |
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A |
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A A/B |
E E/G# A E E/G# A
It's not too hard to figure out, you see it every day
E E/G# A E E/G# A
And those that were the farthest out have gone the other way
A G A A/B E
You see them on the freeway, it don't look like a lot of fun
A G A A/B | E | % |
But don't you try to fight it; "An idea whose time has come."
F#m E/G#
Don't tell me that I'm crazy, don’t tell me I'm nowhere
Asus4 Bsus4 [break]
Take it from me
CHORUS
[N.C.] | E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A |
It's hip to be square
| E E/G# | A A/B |
So hip to be square
CODA
E E/G# A
Here, there, and everywhere!
E E/G# A
Hip, hip, so hip to be square!
E E/G# A
Here, there, and everywhere!
E E/G# A
Hip, hip ...
E E/G# A
Here, there, and everywhere!
E E/G# A
Hip, hip, so hip to be square!
E E/G# A
Here, there, and everywhere!
E E/G# A
Hip, hip ...
(repeat and fade)
