Chords for Dave Frishberg: "I'm Hip"

Tempo:
128.65 bpm
Chords used:

Db

Bb

Ab

F

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dave Frishberg: "I'm Hip" chords
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[Fm] [Ab]
[Db] I'm hip.
[Ab]
I'm no square.
[Ab]
I'm alert.
I'm awake.
I'm [C] aware.
I am always [G] on the scene
[Db] [Dbm] Making the rounds [Gb] digging the sounds [Abm] I [A] buy people magazines.
[Ebm] I'm hip
[Db]
Like big I'm in step when it was hip to be hip I was [Cm] hip I [Bb] don't blow [G] but I'm a fan
[Gbm] Look me swing [B] ring-a-ding-ding
[Cm] [F] Even call my [G] girlfriend [Ebm] man.
I'm hip
[Gb] every [B] Saturday [Dbm] night
With my [Ebm] suit buttoned tight and my [Eb] suede
[G]
I'm getting my kicks
[Eb] [Em] Digging our do French [F] flicks with my [Bb] [A] shades
[Ab] Cuz I have too much.
I'm a gas.
I am anything [Db] but middle-class [Bb] when I hang [Gm] around the band
[Gb] Popping my thumbs digging the [B] [Cm] drums
Squares [G] don't seem to [A] understand why I [Eb] flip then I'd hip like I'm him.
[Gbm] Oh
I'm it.
Oh, I'm it.
Yes, [Db] I'm it.
[Bb] Oh, I'm it.
Oh, I'm it.
Yes, I'm [E] it.
Oh, I'm it.
Oh, I'm [Ab] it
[Db] I'm hip
I'm alive.
I enjoy any joint where [C] there's jive.
[Bbm] I'm on top [Bb] of every trend
[Gb] Look at me go [B] for D.
Odo
[Cm] [Ab] Sammy [F] Davis knows [C] my friends.
[Bbm] So hip
[Eb] [Db] I'm here, but not weird like you notice.
I don't wear a [C] beard
Beards [Db] were in but now they're out
[Gbm] They had their day now.
They're passing [F] it.
Just ask [Bb] me if you'll rent [Gm] out as [Bbm] I'm here.
[E] Oh
[Gb]
Now I'm deep into Zen [B] [Dbm]
[D] meditation [Ebm] and
[Em]
Macrobiotic [Dm] [G] and as soon as I [Dm] can I [Eb] intend [Em] to get into [F] narcotics
[E] [Db] Cuz I am cool as a cute.
I'm a cat.
I'm a card.
I'm a good I get so much [Bb] out of life
[Gbm] Really?
I do scuba [B] deep
[F] One more [A] time play Mack the night let her rip.
[Eb] I mean flip, but I'm it.
Oh
Tell [Db] the world I'm it.
[Bb] [Eb] Yeah
Don't you know that I'm [Bb] well dig on me.
[Ab] Well, can't you see that [Db] I'm if oh, yes, [Bb] I'm hip better show this to Quincy.
[Ebm] Oh Yes
[F]
You better believe I'm [Eb] he
[D]
[Ab] I'm [Db] he
[Ab] I'm [Db] he
I'm I'm he
[Bb] You
[F] [Cm] [Db]
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Ab
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To learn Dave Frishberg - (Vocal) Im Hip chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Eb, Bb, Ab, Db, Bb, Db, Ab and Ab. Kick off your practice at a gentle 64 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 129 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Bb Major.

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_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] I'm hip.
[Ab] _ _
I'm no square.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
I'm alert.
I'm awake.
I'm [C] aware.
I am always [G] on the scene
_ [Db] _ [Dbm] Making the rounds [Gb] digging the sounds [Abm] I [A] buy people magazines.
[Ebm] I'm hip
_ _ _ [Db] _
Like big I'm in step when it was hip to be hip I was [Cm] hip I [Bb] don't blow [G] but I'm a fan
[Gbm] Look me swing [B] ring-a-ding-ding
[Cm] _ [F] Even call my [G] girlfriend [Ebm] man.
I'm hip
_ _ [Gb] every [B] Saturday [Dbm] night
With my [Ebm] suit buttoned tight and my [Eb] suede
_ [G]
I'm getting my kicks
_ [Eb] [Em] Digging our do French [F] flicks with my [Bb] [A] shades
[Ab] Cuz I have too much.
I'm a gas.
I am anything [Db] but middle-class [Bb] when I hang [Gm] around the band _
[Gb] Popping my thumbs digging the [B] [Cm] drums
Squares [G] don't seem to [A] understand why I [Eb] flip then I'd hip like I'm him.
[Gbm] Oh
I'm it.
Oh, I'm it.
Yes, [Db] I'm it.
[Bb] Oh, I'm it.
Oh, I'm it.
Yes, I'm [E] it.
Oh, I'm it.
Oh, I'm [Ab] it _ _ _
_ [Db] I'm hip
I'm alive.
I enjoy any joint where [C] there's jive.
[Bbm] I'm on top [Bb] of every trend
[Gb] Look at me go [B] for D.
Odo
[Cm] _ [Ab] Sammy [F] Davis knows [C] my friends.
[Bbm] So hip
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] I'm here, but not weird like you notice.
I don't wear a [C] beard
Beards [Db] were in but now they're out
_ [Gbm] They had their day now.
They're passing [F] it.
Just ask [Bb] me if you'll rent [Gm] out as [Bbm] I'm here. _
[E] _ _ Oh
[Gb] _ _ _
Now I'm deep into Zen [B] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ [D] meditation [Ebm] and
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ Macrobiotic [Dm] _ [G] and as soon as I [Dm] can I [Eb] intend [Em] to get into [F] narcotics
_ [E] _ [Db] Cuz I am cool as a cute.
I'm a cat.
I'm a card.
I'm a good I get so much [Bb] out of life
_ [Gbm] Really?
I do scuba [B] deep
_ [F] One more [A] time play Mack the night let her rip.
[Eb] I mean flip, but I'm it.
Oh
Tell [Db] the world I'm it.
[Bb] [Eb] Yeah
Don't you know that I'm [Bb] well dig on me.
[Ab] Well, can't you see that [Db] I'm if oh, yes, [Bb] I'm hip better show this to Quincy. _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ Oh Yes
_ _ [F]
You better believe _ I'm [Eb] he _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ I'm [Db] he
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm [Db] he _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm I'm he
_ _ _ _ [Bb] You _ _
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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