Chords for 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers/Remakes

[D] Pooh doesn't love music.
It provides the [G#] soundtrack to our [B] lives and makes elevator rides a whole lot less awkward.
[D]
Today we're basically going to tell you that Santa [F#] Claus isn't real [B] and that your whole
life has been a lie with a rundown of 10 [D] songs you probably didn't know were [F#m] covers.
And let me tell you, [B] there are a couple on this list that I could have sworn were authentic,
so [D] unless you're an all-knowing music god, brace yourself for your mind to be [B] blown.
But we're starting you out with a tame one.
So first up on our list [G] is a song that's well known to be a cover for those who were not
fetuses in the early 90s, but if you're a part of the 90s babies [D] club, this one may
come as a surprise [G#] to you because this [B] version is so iconic.
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_ _ _ _ Yep, I Will Always Love You, made mega famous by the voice herself, Miss [D] Whitney Houston,
is in fact a cover of the [F#m] original written [B] and performed by Dolly [F#m] _ Parton.
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Dolly _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] recorded I Will Always Love You in 1973, which earned her the [D] number one spot on the
Billboard Hot Country Songs chart before Whitney Houston recorded the song in 1992
for her classic film The Bodyguard, establishing the song as one of the best-selling singles
of all time [B] and making Dolly's wallet very happy.
[A] Next up is another pretty well-known cover, but if you took part in that era [G] of Aaron
Carter and Lizzie McGuire mania, you may not have known [D] this song was an [C#] oldie.
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_ _ [D] _ [B] Want Candy was originally recorded by the Strangeloves back in 1965 and has been [D] covered
by several artists since, but the most [B] familiar cover is by early 2000s heartthrob Aaron Carter.
Aaron covered [D] the song in 2000 and famously performed it on the Christmas episode of Lizzie
[B] McGuire back in the day that was.
Can you believe [A] over 14 years ago?
Crazy.
Next up is [G] Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper.
Or so you may [D] have thought.
You've heard [F#] it. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [D] Girls Just [F#] Wanna Have Fun was a mega hit for Cyndi Lauper in 1983, but the original was
actually by a man named Robert Hazard, who wrote the song and recorded a [D] demo in 1979.
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And in case you're as confused as I initially was when [G] I found out the song was originally
by a dude, let [D] me clarify that his version was written from a male point of view and
Cyndi ended up slightly changing the lyrics [B] to make it more feminine.
Moving right along [D] to yet another cover that may surprise [B] you, it's no doubt's version
of It's My [C#] Life.
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[B] This song was originally released by a British band called Talk Talk in 1984 and re-released in 1990.
No doubt then covered the song in 2003, [G] around the time when [Am] Gwen Stefani was working on
her debut solo album [G] Love Angel Music Baby.
_ Next up is Hallelujah, [D] aka the song everyone became obsessed with [F#] from Shrek.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F#] [B] You may be familiar with a few artists who've covered this popular track, including [D] Jeff
Buckley, [F#] John Cale, Rufus Wainwright and many others, [B] but the original was written and performed
by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard [D] Cohen and was released in [B] 1984.
This next cover song you should know is a cover, and [A] yes, I'm shamelessly judging you
if you thought otherwise, but we [G] had to include it because this was a popular version that
could have easily [D] been mistaken for the [B] original.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] Britney _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ recorded I Love Rock and Roll in 2002 and performed it in her movie Crossroads from
the same year.
But in case you're thinking Joan Jett and the Blackheart's [B] 1976 version was the [E] original,
think again my [D] friends.
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_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G#] [G] It was these long-haired cuties otherwise known as Alan Merrill and the Arrows who recorded
the original in 1975.
[D]
And speaking of rock and roll, let's [B] talk about the commercialized king of the genre,
Elvis Presley.
I'm sorry Elvis fans, [D] I love me some Elvis, but he was not [F#] the real king of rock and [B] roll
because have you ever heard of Chuck Berry?
Do some research and educate yourselves, and if that surprises you, [F#] you [B] may be shocked
to find out that this next song was [E] not an Elvis original. _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [G] I haven't been this baffled since I found out Columbus didn't discover America, [D] but
all jokes aside, Hound Dog was originally recorded by a 25-year-old rhythm and blues
singer named Willie Mae Thornton, also known as Big Mama.
[Gm] _ _ _ [D#m] _ Throw _
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that one in a round of trivia.
[B] Next up is yet another throwback you may be shocked to find out is a [G#] cover.
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_ [A#] Whether _ [Am] _ _ you recognize this song [G] from the Ice Cube movie Are We There Yet, or Ashley Banks
singing it in [D] The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air repeats, you know this [F#m] song.
[B] Respect was made famous by Aretha Franklin after she recorded it [D] in 1965, but the song
was written [F#] and originally [B] released by Otis Redding.
The versions are [D]
drastically different and it was actually Aretha who added the famous
chorus where she [F#] reminds [B] us how to spell respect.
This next undercover cover [D] is from our girl Beyonce.
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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] That's [Am] _
right, [G] B's hit If I Were a Boy off her I Am Sasha Fierce album was [D] previously
written and recorded by a singer-songwriter [F#] named [B] B.C.
Jean.
However, Jean's version was rejected by her record company [D] and Beyonce later recorded
her own version.
[B] And lastly, I'm almost positive that this undercover cover topping off our list [D] will
blow your mind, so lay [F#] down some protective [Am] carpets. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [B] Cops from Pitch Perfect, made famous by [Em] the multi-talented Anna Kendrick, is in fact a
cover of a [G] song sung by Lulu and the Lampshades [F#] based on the original from the 1930s called
When I'm Gone by the Carter family.
The song also [B] has been covered by Charlie Monroe.
Had no [D] idea.
All of these covers [F#] not only go to show [B] you that your whole life has been a lie, but that _
music completely transcends time [D] because covers can be just as notable, [F#] or sometimes even
[B] more notable, than the originals.
So which one of these covers did you think [D] was the original?
Sound off in the comment section below, don't [B] forget to subscribe, and then click right
over here for a rundown of [A] the most overplayed songs of 2014.
Thanks for watching Clevver Music, [G] I'm Danielle Robay and I'll see you next time. _